Eylül Deniz Yaşar ANKARA – After the elderly parents of a Chaldean Catholic priest went missing in January, the whereabouts of the father, Hurmuz Diril, remain a mystery.Read More
Cengiz Şiban, brother of Osman Şiban, who was allegedly tortured and thrown from a military helicopter, said that soldiers made him kneel down at the village square and threatened to kill anyone who approached.Read More
Seda Taşkın Aziz Oruç, a journalist who has been under arrest for 277 days, will appear before the judge on 21 September. Amid statements from journalism unions demanding his release, Oruç, who sent a message from prison, drew attention to the importance of solidarity: “We are going through a rough period here with the coronavirus, […]Read More
Saturday mothers met for the 808th time in protests. They demanded justice in Istanbul, Diyarbakir (Amed), and Izmir for their loved ones disappeared in custody.Read More
A child who had been sent to Maltepe Sübyan Prison described what he went through: ”There is a torture room covered with a blue sponge. A few years ago, the guards raped the children there”.Read More
Fifty-year-old Osman Şiban, a father of eight children, is one of two people in Van, Turkey, who were picked up by soldiers on their land and allegedly then detained, tortured, and thrown from a helicopter. Şiban, who has just come out of intensive care, suffers from memory loss due to the torture he was subjected […]Read More
The trial of the ‘Kızıltepe JITEM’ ended in a decision of the court to acquit all the suspects of murder charges in the case regarding the execution of twenty-two people between 1992 and 1996 in the southeastern province of Mardin in Turkey.Read More
The United Nations Syrian Commission of Inquiry report confirms that the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) has been committing war crimes in Afrin and Serêkaniyê, including abductions, disappearances, and gender-based sexual violence. Turkey is also held responsible.Read More
The Civil Society Association in the Penal System (CİSST) has just released a report assessing the ‘Covid-10 pandemic’ health and safety procedures in place in 112 prisons in Turkey. It concluded that there was generally a shocking lack of access to masks and cleaning supplies. There was insufficient ventilation in many prisons and many prisoners […]Read More
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