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7 December 2021 HRFT Documentation Center Daily Human Rights Report

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

7 December 2021 Daily Human Rights Report

(12/058) Civilian Died in Armoured Attack in Şırnak…

It is learned from the news coverage of December 6, 2021 that, Tahir Güven, a civilian died in an armoured attack in Cizre district of Şırnak on December 4, 2021. It is learned that Civil Defence Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Sivîl-YPS) claimed responsibility for the attack.

(12/059) Torture and Ill-Treatment in Prison…

It is learned from the news coverage of December 6, 2021 that, 2 prisoners in Edirne F Type Prison were transferred to another prison in Trabzon under coercion. The names of prisoners and the prison they were sent to are unknown.

It is learned from the news coverage of December 6, 2021 that, Mehtap Kıyar, a prison in Ankara Sincan Women’s Prison was transferred to Izmir Şakran Women’s Prison under coercion.

It is learned from the news coverage of December 6, 2021 that, Aziz Tufan, a prisoner in Diyarbakir High Security Prison No 1 was being kept in a single cell for 73 days for quarantine reasons.

(12/060) Private Security Intervention to Students in Izmir…

On December 6, 2021, private security guards intervened the students opening a public stand “students’ solidarity against economic crisis” in Dokuz Eylül University campus in Izmir on December 6, 2021. It is learned that the stand was removed and students were subjected to general information control by the police called to the campus.

(12/061) Detained Members of People’s Assemblies…

On December 3, 2021, 25 people were detained ın the grounds of being People’s Assemblies member through an Istanbul based investigation. 2 of them (Yunus Bolukoç and Emir Karakum) are arrested by the court on December 6, 2021, while 23 people are released on judicial control conditions.

(12/062) DBP Executive on Trial in Diyarbakır…

The trial of the case against Democratic Regions Party (DBP) provincial co-chair Seval Gülmez, is held at Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No 11 on December 6, 2021. The prosecutor declared legal opinion on the case and demanded sentence for Seval Gülmez on the charge of ‘being an illegal organisation member’. The court adjourned the trial to March 2, 2022.

Seval Gülmez was detained on April 5, 2021 and was arrested on April 12, 2021. She was released from prison at the first trial on September 6, 2021.

(12/063) Association Member on Trial in Diyarbakır…

The trial of the case against Rosa Women’s Association chair Adalet Kaya is held at Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No 11 on December 6, 2021. The court adjourned the trial to March 7, 2022.

(12/064) Proceedings Against Parliamentary Members…

It is learned from the news coverage of December 6, 2021 that, 15 proceedings demanding lift of impunity of 13 parliamentary members are submitted to Grand National Assembly.

Parliamentary members subjected to proceedings are:

  • HDP Group Deputy and Siirt MP Meral Danış Beştaş
  • HDP Ağrı MP Berdan Öztürk
  • HDP Ağrı MP Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir (2 proceedings)
  • HDP Hakkari MP Sait Dede
  • HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu
  • HDP Muş MP Gülüstan Kılıç Koçyiğit
  • HDP Tunceli MP Alican Önlü
  • HDP Urfa MP Ayşe Sürücü
  • HDP Van MP Muazzez Orhan Işık
  • HDP Van MP Murat Sarısaç
  • HDP Van MP Sezai Temelli
  • HDP Van MP Tayip Temel
  • Independent Muş MP Mensur Işık (2 proceedings).

(12/065) Ban of Access to Web Contents…

It is learned that the news reports about the Republican People’s Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s group speech at the Grand National Assembly on February 11, 2020, published on https://www.birgun.net, https://t24.com.tr, https://www.diken.com.tr, https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr, https://odatv4.com, https://sendika.org, https://gazeteport.com, https://gazetemanifesto.com, http://yarinhaber.net, https://tr.mehrnews.com, https://muhalefet.org, https://www.turkiyehaberajansi.com, https://www.ulusal.com.tr, https://www.halkinhabercisi.com, http://www.egeninsesi.com websites and social media accounts of Yurttaş TV, are banned to access upon the President’s lawyers’ appeal on the grounds of violation of personal rights, by Istanbul Anadolu Penal Court of Peace No 3 on December 2, 2021.

(12/066) Detentions and Arrests in Alleged Link to Coup Attempt…

On December 6, 2021, 24 people are detained in operations covering 14 cities through an Istanbul based investigation, 3 people are detained in Edirne in an alleged attempt to illegally flee to Greece and 13 people are detained in Van.

(12/067) Covid-19 Pandemic…

The Ministry of Health declared that 187 people died due to Covid-19 pandemic and the daily number of Covid-19 cases is 20,033 as of December 6, 2021.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Turkey increased to 78,017 and total number of confirmed ill patients is 8,921,150 as of December 6, 2021.

[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.