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3 November 2022 HRFT Documentation Center Daily Human Rights Report

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

3 November 2022 Daily Human Rights Report

(11/025) Labour Killings…

On November 3, 2022, the Worker Health and Worker Safety Council (ISIG) revealed that at least 158 workers including 3 women, 2 children and 4 migrant workers died while working in October 2022. 1521 workers died in labour killings in the first ten months of 2022.

(11/026) Prisoner Burned Himself in Prison…

It is learned that the prisoner named Yakup Brukanli, set himself on fire to protest being kept in a solitary cell in Konya Ereğli High Security Prison, on November 3, 2022. It is reported that Yakup Brukanlı was taken to a hospital which could not be learned.

(11/027) Torture and Ill-Treatment in Prison…

It is learned from the news coverage of November 2, 2022 that some of the wards in Ankara Sincan Women’s Prison were flooded due to the deterioration of the sewage system and that the prison administration did not do any work to clear out the water.

(10/028) Prevention of Right to Health in Prison…

It is learned from the news coverage of November 3, 2022 that, journalist Ceylan Şahinli in Ankara Sincan Women’s Prison was forced to medical examination in handcuffs and that she was taken back to prison without being examined and treated in hospital as she rejected this.

(10/029) Meeting Request with Abdullah Öcalan Not Responded…

It is learned that the appeal made on November 3, 2022 to chief public prosecutor’s office in Bursa by families and tutelary of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, and Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş in Imralı Prison, in order to visit them was not responded.

(11/030) Police Intervention Against “I Want My Job Back” Protest in Ankara…

The police intervened the press declaration which was made within the scope of “I Want My Job Back Protest” in front of Human Rights Monument in Yüksel Street on November 3, 2022 and forced people away from the monument by using physical violence.

(11/031) Detained Local Authorities in Van…

The local authorities of Sarıçimen, Yücelen and Gülyolu neighbourhoods of Çaldıran district of Van were detained on November 2, 2022. The names of the local authorities and the reason for detention could not be learned.

(11/100032 Detained ESP Executive in Rize…

The Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) Fındıklı district representative Tugay Köse is detained in Rize on November 2, 2022 on the grounds of ‘being an illegal organisation member’.

(11/033) HDP MP on Trial…

The trial of the case against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır MP Musa Farisoğulları, who was stripped of the MP status after the sentence given to him was finalized, is held at Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No. 10 on November 2, 2022.

The indictment demands sentence up to 26 years for Musa Farisoğulları on charges of ‘being an illegal organisation member’, ‘making propaganda for an illegal organization’, ‘inciting the public to unlawful meetings and demonstrations’, ‘ participating in unlawful meetings and demonstrations and not dispersing despite a warning.

It is learned that the court gave up the decision to hear the secret witness, code named “Yıldız”, on the grounds that this person was removed from the witness protection program. The court adjourned the trial to February 10, 2023.

(11/034) HDP Executives on Trial in Istanbul…

The first trial of the case against HDP Istanbul provincial executive Fener Günana, Refik Ferhat and Ahmet Subaşı is held at Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 26 on November 2, 2022.

Fener Günana, Refik Ferhat and Ahmet Subaşı attended the trial. After defence hearings the court decided to release Fener Günana and Ahmet Subaşı and adjourned the trial to February 28, 2022.

Fener Günana and Ahmet Subaşı were detained on June 9, 2022 and were arrested on June 13, 2022.

(11/035) Journalists on Trial in Istanbul…

The trial of the case against 4 people including Etkin News Agency editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp, on Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 23 is held on November 2, 2022. The court sentenced 4 people to 3 years 1 month and 15 days each on the charge of ‘making propaganda for an illegal organisation’. The court also sentenced Semiha Şahin to another 10 months on the same charge.

(11/036) Police Officer on Trial in Urfa…

The final trial of the case against police officer F. S. and a child (M. K.), for death of Ahmet Çetin Genç, a 17-year-old child in a motorcycle crash, is held at Urfa Heavy Penal Court No. 1 on November 3, 2022.

The court sentenced the police officer F. S. to 4 years 5 months and 10 days on the charges of ‘reckless killing’ and ‘reckless injury’. The court also sentenced M. K. to 1 year 1 month and 10 days and deferred the announcement of the verdict.

Ahmet Çetin Genç, has been injured in the motorcycle crash that involves police officers in Urfa on December 31, 2022 and has lost his life in hospital on March 14, 2021.

(11/037) Detentions and Arrests in Alleged Link to Coup Attempt…

It is learned that 22 people were detained in operations covering 7 cities through an Eskişehir based investigation on November 2, 2022.

[1]The reports on the human rights violations of the Documentation Center are claims unless they are certified. The claim of violation either is certified through thoroughly investigations of HRFT Documentation Center, including by judicial verdicts, and becomes a definite data or it is not included to the annual report.

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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.