Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2
Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply for a visit………………………………………………………………………….2 Öcalan’s lawyers submit urgent request to CPT………………………………………………………………………3 Lawyers submit another application to visit Abdullah Öcalan…………………………………………………..4
1st of May………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
KCK: Let’s take a stand together against the AKP-MHP occupation attacks on May 1………………….6
Prisons……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
Kurdish language continues to be prohibited in prisons……………………………………………………………9 Human Rights Association: 255 prisoners have died in 5 years………………………………………………..10 HDP deputy Gergerlioğlu draws attention to overcrowding and violations in Turkish prisons……..11 Guards force prisoners to commit suicide in Silivri………………………………………………………………..12 70-year-old prisoner remains in prison despite not being able to meet his needs…………………………13 Police detains activists protesting for prisoners in Istanbul………………………………………………………13 Families protesting for prisoners on death fast detained………………………………………………………….14 Hıdır Sabur: We must raise our voice to expose violations of rights in prison…………………………….15
Military Aggressions by Turkey…………………………………………………………………………………………. 16
Karayılan: This is a matter of life and death, every Kurd must do their part!………………………………16 Turkey’s village guards continue plunder of nature in South Kurdistan……………………………………..26 Forests in Şırnak countryside under Turkish military threat…………………………………………………….27 Muqtada Al Sadr says Turkish attacks a violation of Iraqi sovereignity………………………………………28 Iraqi President Barham Salih: Turkish state’s attacks are clear threat to national security………………28 Iraq hands Turkey a diplomatic note, calling for withdrawal of Turkish troops…………………………..29 Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs denies Turkish President statement about Baghdad cooperation….29 Chinook helicopters in the war in Kurdistan………………………………………………………………………..30 KNK issues public call demanding the OPCW to investigate Turkey’s use of chemical weapons…..31 Germany backs Turkish invasion in South Kurdistan……………………………………………………………..33 Osman Kavala sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment in Gezi Trial……………………………………34
Human Rights……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 35
Teacher working in Mersin has his “salary cut” for speaking Kurdish and Arabic to his students…..35
Şenyaşar Family’s Case…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 36
Emine Şenyaşar summoned to testify again………………………………………………………………………….36
Four people arrested in connection with massacre against Şenyaşar family in Urfa………………………37
Opinion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 38
Sezai Temelli: The war economy is the reason for Turkey’s economic collapse…………………………….38
Reclaim and protect the resistance in prison…………………………………………………………………………40
