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Turkey: doble castigo para los presos LGTBI
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Turkey: wardens entered the prison ward, battered the inmates
Adana Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD) has talked to inmates of Osmaniye Type T No 2 Prison and prepared a report based on their accounts. HDP MP Kurtulan has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the violation of rights in prison.Turquie : les enfants sont emprisonnés avec leur mère
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Turkey: les peines de prison de journalistes du quotidien d’opposition Cumhuriyet confirmées en appel
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Deteriorating health of detainees in Turkish prisons highlighted in human rights report
According to data provided by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD), there are at least 1,154 ailing inmates, 402 of whom have serious ailments, in Turkish prisons, Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service reported on Saturday.Torture, forced disappearance, arbitrary detention in Turkey, says U.S.
“Alleged torture of detainees in official custody, allegations of forced disappearance; arbitrary arrest and detention under the state of emergency of tens of thousands” are among the most significant human rights abuses of Turkey, the U.S. State Department noted in its annual Human Rights Practice…Babies behind bars: children struggle in Turkish prisons
Turkish police arrested Hatice Kaman 19 days after she gave birth to her son, Akif, on charges of overseeing a matchmaking service for followers of Fethullah Gülen, the reclusive U.S.-based Turkish preacher blamed for masterminding the failed coup of July, 2016.
Crackdown: Prison conditions worsen in post-coup Turkey
Turkey has been packing its jails with political offenders since a failed coup nearly 14 months ago, and prisoners’ families, lawyers, and activists have told IRIN of an increase in overcrowding, poor medical care, solitary confinement, and mistreatment.Turkey: inside Erdogan’s prisons
I have been a member of Turkish Parliament representing Istanbul for the opposition Republican People’s Party for the past six years. It has forced me to become a specialist in the Turkish prison system as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (A.K.P.) government has increa…