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18 May 2021 HRFT Documentation Center Daily Human Rights Report

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center[1][2][3][4][5]

18 May 2021 Daily Human Rights Report

(05/097) Meeting Request with Abdullah Öcalan Not Responded…

It is learned that the appeal made on May 17, 2021 to chief public prosecutor’s office in Bursa by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers in order to visit their client was not responded.

(05/098) Police Intervention to a Protest in Istanbul…

The police intervened the press declaration of Youth Movement Federation members, in front of Cengiz Holding building in Üsküdar district of Istanbul on May 17, 2021, to protest the stone pit project in Iskencedere valley of Ikizdere district of Rize and detained 13 people. Detained people are released after statement procedures on the same day.

(05/099) Police Intervention to a Protest in Istanbul…

The police intervened the sit-in protest in Bakırköy Square of Istanbul on May 17, 2021, organized by public employees to demand their jobs back from which they had been dismissed by state of emergency decrees, and detained 2 people (Nursel Tanrıverdi and Ömer Sarsılmaz). Detained people are released after statement procedures on the same day.

(05/100) Police Intervention to a Protest in Batman…

The police intervened the press declaration in front of Batman Governorate’s office, organized by a musician, Ethem Tüzer, about musicians who killed themselves during Covid-19 pandemic, and detained Ethem Tüzer on May 17, 2021. Ethem Tüzer is released after statement procedures on the same day.

(05/101) Police Intervention to a Protest in Mersin…

The police prevented the person who wanted to hold a press declaration in front of Mersin Courthouse after filing a criminal complaint against the Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, on May 17, 2021.

(05/102) Detained People in Diyarbakır…

4 of 6 people who were detained in relation to the attack to a police control point in Silvan district of Diyarbakır on May 13, 2021 are released after statement procedures at the police on May 17, 2021.

(05/103) Covid-19 Pandemic…

The Ministry of Health declared that 223 people died due to Covid-19 pandemic and 923 new Covid-19 ill patients were diagnosed on May 17, 2021. It is also declared that the daily number of Covid-19 cases is 10,174.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Turkey increased to 44,983 and total number of confirmed ill patients is 5,127,548 as of May 17, 2021.

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[5] Daily Human Rights Reports are prepared on the information gathered by the Documentation Center from its own network and the following dailies and internet portals: Vatan, Milliyet, Hürriyet, Habertürk, Evrensel, Birgün, Cumhuriyet, Fırat Haber Ajansı, Jinnews, ETHA, Mezopotamya Ajansı, Yurt, Yeni Yaşam, NTV, Yeni Asya, Bianet, Halkinsesi.tv, Cnnturk, Tr724, İleri Haber, Siyasi Haber, Alınteri, Kızılbayrak, Sendika.org, Yüksekova Haber, T24, Diken, Gazete Karınca, Gazete Duvar. Haber Sol, El Cezire, BBC, Deutsche Welle, Reuters, AFP.