Pınar Sakık Tekin: Ill prisoners are fighting for their lives

Pınar Sakık Tekin: Ill prisoners are fighting for their lives

The health problems experienced by ill prisoners in Turkey’s prisons and the obstacles to their access to treatment remain a major concern for human rights defenders and legal organizations. It is reported that adequate healthcare services are not provided in prisons, treatment procedures are extremely slow, and many seriously ill prisoners are not released even when they meet the conditions for release. The decisions made by the Administrative …

Prevention of Marzieh Farsi’s Medical Treatment in Evin Prison

Marzieh Farsi, a political prisoner held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, is facing a deterioration of her physical condition due to cancer and the lack of adequate medical care. According to received reports, she suffers from severe and debilitating dizziness, and her treatment has been disrupted due to insufficient healthcare facilities inside the prison. An informed source reported that the prison doctor had prescribed medications to contr…

LGBTQ detainees held in one-person cells in Turkish prison, denied medical care - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Six LGBTQ inmates in pretrial detention at Turkey’s Aksaray Prison are being held in single-person cells and denied access to medical care, under conditions their lawyers say violate Turkish law and amount to systemic discrimination, the BirGün daily reported. The six individuals, identified only by the initials H.S., M.B., R.D., S.E., E.K. and G.Y., are awaiting trial but have been kept in single-person cells for extended periods. Prison offici…

Fatma Şahin, a member of the Parents Solidarity Network, who is fighting for the youth arrested on charges of insulting the President, addressed President Erdoğan by stating that her son in prison has been held for 43 days without charge.