Call from ÖHD and TUHAD-FED: Ill prisoners must be released

Call from ÖHD and TUHAD-FED: Ill prisoners must be released

The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) and the Federation of Legal Solidarity Associations for Families of Prisoners and Convicts (TUHAD-FED) organized a press conference to expose the aggravated isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and the situation of ill and non-released prisoners. The associations issued a call for an end to human rights violations. The press conference was held in Ankara and was attended by Urfa (Riha) MP Dilan Kunt A…

Rights advocates call for the release of chronically ill LGBTQ activist  - Stockholm Center for Freedom

LGBTQ rights advocates have urged Turkish authorities to release imprisoned activist Asya Gökalp on the grounds that she is chronically ill and faces the risk that her health will deteriorate in prison, the BirGün daily reported.  Gökalp was detained on May 2 and later jailed in Turkey’s İzmir province over a social media post criticizing the country’s right-wing and nationalist movements. She was charged with “inciting hatred and hostility amon…