Cumali Yıldırım, one of the prisoners on a rotating hunger strike in Kırşehir Type E Prison said they are being held in solitary confinement for 4 months, they only have access to cold water 30 minutes a day and can only go to the prison yard 20 minutes a day.
Silvan Municipality trustee Mehmet Uslu and Diyadin Municipality trustee Hasan Doğan were suspended.
The village of the workers attacked in Sakarya is quarantined for 7 days following the visit of HDP and Kurdistani Alliance.
Kurdish workers telling about the racist attack they were subjected to in Sakarya, stated that they threatened to burn them with their belongings and the gendermerie didn't show up even though they called them.
The enterances of the villages the workers who were attacked in Sakarya was closed by the gendermerie. The gendermerie says they closed the village enterance due to Covid- 19 outbreak.
Speaking about the attack against Kurdish workers in Sakarya, HDP Deputy Chairperson Şaziye Köse stated that they will be following the case closely and discuss the judicial process with the workers.
The racist attack against seasonal Kurdish workers yesterday in Sakarya reminded the killing of 43 year old Kadir Sakçı and 19 year old Şirin Tosun who lost their lives in the racist attacks because they spoke Kurdish.
HDP MP Hüseyin Kaçmaz prepared a parliamentary question to convey the attack on the Kurdish workers in Sakarya to the parliamentary agenda. Kaçmaz adressed a question to the Minister Süleyman Soylu if there will be an investigation against the attackers.
SES Diyarbakır Branch Co-chair Şiyar Güldiken informed that around 20 thousand people in the city are in quarantine due to the coronavirus.
Workers who came from Mardin to Sakarya to pick hazelnuts were attacked by the employers and the villagers. Making a statement regarding the attack of Kurdish workers, Sakarya Governorship denied the incident, while workers stated that the gendarmerie asked them for their location.
Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, who has been on death fast for 215 days with the demand for a fair trial, announced that he has ended the death fast.
Attorney Gülşen Özbek has said that the court has accepted the request for release of ill prisoner Makbule Özbek (72), who had a heart attack in prison yesterday.
Families of Abdullah Öcalan and the other political prisoners in Imralı applied for a visit to the Imrali prison.
The deposed co-mayor of Karayazı, Burhanettin Şahin (HDP), has been imprisoned. What the politician is accused of is not known.