26 April 2016 Daily Human Rights Report
(04/157) Curfew in Sur…
Curfew in 6 quarters of Sur district in Diyarbakır reached its 155th day as of 26 April 2016.
According to the news appeared in the press, the body of a person was taken from Sur district to Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital on 25 April 2016.
(04/158) Operations and Attacks in the Southeast…
The body of YPS member Emre Önver who was killed during an armed clash in Yüksekova district of Hakkari and transferred to Erzurum was identified on 25 April 2016 by his family.
According to the news appeared in the press, the bodies of 10 persons who were killed during armed clashes in Yüksekova district of Hakkari and transferred to Erzurum were buried on 25 April 2015.
5 militants were reportedly killed during an armed clash that broke out on 25 April 2016 in the rural area of Kağızman district in Kars province.
1 HPG was reportedly killed and 1 militant was wounded during an armed clash that broke out on 25 April 2016 in the rural area of Talê village in Hakkari province.
1 gendarmerie soldier was killed and 10 soldiers were wounded during 2 separate explosions in Dicle and Yenişehir quarter of Nusaybin district in Mardin.
(04/159) JİTEM (Diyarbakır)/ Musa Anter Case…
Ankara Heavy Penal Court No 6 continued on 25 April 2016 to hear the gendarmerie intelligence service JİTEM case against 16 defendants including 5 on-the-run defendants launched in connection with the killings of 26 persons including Musa Anter in Diyarbakır and neighbouring provinces. The case was transferred to Ankara for alleged security reasons.
Orhan Miroğlu testified at the hearing as witness. The court rejected to release the only remanded defendant Hamit Yıldırım to be tried without remand and decided to hear Veli Küçük as witnesses who did not appear before the court for giving excuse. The court adjourned the hearing to 20 June 2016.
(04/160) Columnist Convicted…
Çağlayan (İstanbul) Penal Court of First Instance No 2 concluded on 25 April 2016 to hear the case against Can Dündar, columnist with the daily Cumhuriyet, launched upon official complaint of State President for the column he wrote on 18 July 2014 under the title “We have the right to read the summary proceedings” on corruption operations.
After the final defence as to the accusations, the court sentenced Can Dündar to a fine of TL 28,650 for “insulting public officer” under to the Article 125 TPC.
(04/161) Persons on Trial on the Allegations of Insulting the State President…
Zonguldak Penal Court of First Instance No 9 started on 21 April 2016 to her the case against 9 persons launched on charges of “insulting the State President”. The case was launched after the action staged on in Zonguldak to protest in the Ankara Massacre on 10 October 2016.
The indictment wants the defendants to be sentenced for “violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations”. After the testimonies of the defendants, the court adjourned the hearing to 13 My 2016 for the completion of deficient documents.
Hüseyin Karadağ, Suna Altındağ, Hakan Dilbaz, Funda Kaya, Zülfikar Ali Samsun, İsmail Yıldız, Zuhal Engiz, Recep Adıgüzel and Bekir Atay testified at the hearing. And the court adjourned the hearing to 5 October 2016.
(04/162) Investigations, Detentions and Arrests on the Allegations of Insulting State President…
A group of villagers growing potato in Adana closed a road on 24 April 2016 to protest in the low potato prices. 10 of the villagers were detained on the allegations of “insulting the State President” and “resisting security forces”.
(04/163) Persons on Trial in Mersin…
According to the news appeared in the press on 25 April 2016, a court case was launched against Veysi Demir and Kamuran Nas for taking part in the funeral of the HPG militant Mehmet Cemal Demir in Tarsus district of Mersin. Mehmet Cemal Demir was killed during an armed clash on 14 September 2015 in the rural area of Hazro district in Diyarbakır.
The indictment wants the defendants to be sentenced for “making propaganda of an illegal organisation” and Tarsus Heavy Penal Court No 2 will start to hear the case on 7 June 2016.
(04/164) 1 May Celebrations…
A group of ultra-nationalists attacked the students of Osmangazi University in Eskişehir when they were distributing 1 May leaflets on 25 April 2016 in Eskişehir. 13 students were wounded during the attack. The police intervened the incident to disperse the ultra-nationalists and detained 9 students.
(04/165) Detentions and Arrests…
The police conducted house raids on 25 April 2016 in İstanbul against the houses of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) activists and detained 5 persons.
2 workers of the paper Özgür Gelecek (Free Future) and 7 followers of the paper were also detained during the operations conducted on 26 April 2016 in İstanbul.