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Turkish Authorities Response to CPTs Obs

Response: It is not planned to lift the requirement in question. Otherwise the determination to promote activities outside the living units in F-type prisons would be adversely affected.

CPTs Preliminary Observations in F-Types

Preliminary observations made on 27 March 2002, by Ms Silvia Casale on behalf of the CPTs delegation.

CPTs Report on F-Type Prisons is Incomplate

The Human Rights Association criticized a report, dated 24 April 2002, on the F-type prisons, by the European Committee for Preventing Torture: Considering the basic international and universal standards, the committee is quite backwards.

12 June 2002 Hamza Aktan

13 DEP Deputies Won the Case v. Turkey

The European Human Rights Court held unanimously there had been a violation of Article 3 to Protocol No. 1 (right to free elections) of the European Convention on Human Rights. the Court awarded the applicants 50,000 euros (EUR) each for damage.

Turkey Report - 2002

Torture and ill-treatment, high security prisons, rape in custody, impunity, two HADEP politicians disappeared, increased pressure on human rights defenders, prisoners of conscience, death penalty, political killings.

Writers and journalists trials in Turkey

Between 26 March and 20 April 2002, International PEN members world-wide staged a campaign aimed at highlighting the huge number of trials under way against writers and journalists in Turkey.

TIHV Call for Hunger Strike Survivors

The TIHV volunteers have called for immediate support for the 441 people who are being treated for illnesses linked to hunger strikes and death fasts. The average cost for one survivor is a thousand dollars.two years, for o

29 April 2002 Bircan Değirmenci

Manisa Children Torture Case Unconcluded

Lawyer Ozbek is concerned that the torture case is facing the risk of superannuating of the trial. During the last hearing of 10 police officers, four defense lawyers withdrew from the case. Nine had stepped down before.

18 April 2002 Burçin Belge

European Anti-Torture Committee visits Turkey

One of the main purposes of the visit was to examine the implementation in practice of recent legal reforms concerning custody by law enforcement agencies.

Fact Finding Mission Harassed

An IHD (The Human Rights Organisation of Turkey ) fact finding mission to Southeast Turkey is reported to have faced arassment during their visit to the region. In an urgent appeal yesterday the IHD calls for intervention for the release of detained local

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