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26 June 2018 Daily Human Rights Report
(06/209) Operations and Attacks in Southeast…
It is learned that 1 soldier died and 2 soldiers were wounded in an attack of HPG militants against security forces in rural areas of Bitlis on June 25, 2018.
(06/210) Police Intervention Against “I Want My Job Back” Protest in Ankara…
The police intervened the press declaration of public labourers who had been dismissed by a state of emergency decree and have been struggling for a while to regain their jobs, intended to be held in front of Human Rights Monument in Yüksel Street on June 25, 2018 at 13.30 and 18.00.
It was reported that during police intervention against the press declaration which was planned to be held at 13.30 on June 25, 2018, 3 people (Gülnaz Bozkurt, Mehmet Dersulu and Eser Budak) and at 18.00 2 people (Gülnaz Bozkurt and Mehmet Dersulu) were detained.
Thus in total 5 people were detained due to press declaration intended to be held in Yüksel Street on June 25, 2018. It is learned that detainees were released the same day.
(06/211) HDP Executives on Trial…
9 of 10 people including Cengiz Çiçek, HDP provincial co-chair who were detained in a raid to HDP office in Güngören district of Istanbul on April 28, 2018 and were arrested on May 3, 2018, are released during preparation phase of the case after admission of the indictment. The names of people released are: Cengiz Çiçek, Gönül Karaman, Gülsimet Önal, Halit İpekyüz, Kazım Köse, Keziban Bulak, Mehmet Emin Kılıçarslan, Yusuf Kesik and Yüksel Seyitvan. The court decided to continue detention for Ömer Özkan, Güngören district co-chair of HDP.
(06/212) Elections on June 24, 2018…
It is learned from news coverage of June 25, 2018 that OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) election observation mission prepared the preliminary report on elections on June 24, 2018. It is stated in the report that, “The conditions for campaigning were not equal, with the incumbent president and ruling party enjoying an undue advantage, including in excessive coverage by government-affiliated public and private media outlets” under the conditions of emergency state where freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, and freedom of press are restricted.
(06/213) Detentions and Arrests in Alleged Link to Coup Attempt…
The final trial of the case against Mehmet Nur Zonturlu and Hatice Zonturlu on Adana Heavy Penal Court No 11, is held on June 25, 2018. The court sentenced Mehmet Nur Zonturlu to 10 years and 6 months and Hatice Zonturlu to 6 years and 3 months for ‘being an illegal organisation member’.
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