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Jailed lawyer Çiçek: I said, ‘Give me at least some water’, they didn’t

Jailed lawyer Çiçek: I said, ‘Give me at least some water’, they didn’t

Put in solitary confinement, jailed lawyer Aycan Çiçek writes, “I said, ‘There was water in the room where I was staying; at least give me that.’ They didn’t. I was given water and food with a plastic spoon in a tray five hours after I was put in the cell.”

10 August 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Letter of Detained Journalist Şık to bianet

Letter of Detained Journalist Şık to bianet

Journalist Ahmet Şık, detained in the Silivri Prison for more than a week now, wrote a letter to bianet and described his daily routine at prison. He also wrote about the reasons for his arrest: "I was arrested because I am a journalist, because I do journalism".