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Further Information UA 329/12 TURKEY - HUNGER STRIKE ENDED; HEALTH RISKS REMAIN
TURKEY Some 700 prisoners who had been on hunger strike have all ended their protest. Around 60 had been on hunger strike since 12 September. According to media and lawyers of the prisoners, many have been transferred to hospital for follow up care. The hunger strikes were ...
UA 329/12 TURKEY - HUNGER STRIKERS DENIED MEDICAL CARE
TURKEY Hundreds are on hunger strike (some of them since 12 September) in prisons across Turkey. Lawyers told Amnesty International that prison authorities have denied many hunger strikers access to medical care, further threatening their health. On 12 September, around 60 prisoners began a hunger strike in ...
Further information on UA 175/10 Turkey - Conscientious objector released from prison
Turkey On 12 October, conscientious objector Inan Süver was released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, on the grounds that time previously spent in pre-trial detention should be subtracted from his sentence. Conscientious objector İnan Süver was released from Silivri prison on 12 October, on the basis that the time he had ...
Further information on UA 175/10 TURKEY - CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR IS RE-ARRESTED
TURKEY On 12 September during a routine identity check, İnan Süver was re-arrested in Bağcılar district of Istanbul, following the confirmation of a five-month prison sentence in absentia for his April 2011 escape from hospital while serving a prison sentence for his refusal to perform military service. İnan Süver declared his ...
Further information on UA 175/12 TURKEY - PROTECTION PROVIDED TO TURKISH ACTIVIST
TURKEY Turkish activist Enes Kuban Kural has been provided with a bodyguard by the Istanbul Governor, since we issued this UA. He had received a death threat on 15 May while making his way home from his offices in Istanbul. Enes Kuban Kural is a member of ...
UA 175/12 TURKEY - TURKISH ACTIVIST RECIEVES DEATH THREAT
TURKEY Turkish activist and journalist Enes Kuban Kural received a death threat on 15 May while making his way home from his offices in Istanbul. This is the latest in a series of threats and intimidation against him since April. Enes Kuban Kural believes the threats are in ...
Further information on UA 64/12 TURKEY - HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER RELEASED IN TURKEY
TURKEY Prisoner of conscience Halil Savda has been conditionally released from prison in eastern Turkey. He was released under new amendments to the law on the execution of sentences that make it possible for prisoners with less than a year of their sentence remaining to be conditionally released ...
Further information on UA 64/12 TURKEY - PRISON TRANSFER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
TURKEY Human rights defender Halil Savda was transferred to a new prison on 15 March. He has now served 28 days of a 100-day prison sentence, for speaking publicly about his support for conscientious objectors. He is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of ...
UA 64/12 TURKEY - TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER imprisoned
TURKEY Human rights defender Halil Savda was detained at 6am on 24 February while visiting the district of Doğubeyazıt in eastern Turkey. He is now in prison there, and has been ordered to serve a 100-day prison sentence handed down in 2008, for speaking publicly about his ...
Further information on UA 175/10 TURKEY - HEALTH CONCERNS REMAIN FOR CONCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
TURKEY Prisoner of conscience Inan S. was conditionally released from Bal?kesir prison following the suspension of his prison sentence on 9 December 2011. Charges pending against him and delays in the implementation of legal changes on the right to conscientious objection mean he could be returned to prison ...
UA 216/11 TURKEY - FAMILIES FACING FORCED EVICTION IN TURKEY
TURKEY Dozens of families are facing imminent forced eviction in Tarlabaşı, a district in central Istanbul, as part of an urban regeneration project carried out by the municipality of Beyoğlu. Some of the families from the district have already been forcibly evicted. Eviction notices seen by Amnesty ...
