HDP Muş District Co-Chair Abdulbari Yiğit arrested
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- 09:30 27/8/2020
Three people who had been taken into custody in Muş province and its districts on August 15, have been retaken into custody today.
Three people who had been taken into custody in Muş province and its districts on August 15, have been retaken into custody today.
The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 6,183 and the total number of cases to 262,507. 20 people have died of the virus and 1,313 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.
The Ministry of Interior announced that legal action will be taken against the media outlets that brought the decision of the release of specialized sergeant Musa Orhan to the agenda.
Women's organizations reacted to the release of Specialist Sergeant Musa Orhan, stating that the state is protecting the rapists and demanded that Orhan be arrested immediately.
Evrensel Newspaper Diyarbakır reporter Cengiz Anıl Bölükbaş who was derailed by 3 police officers told that they tried to intimidate him by saying: "Bombs are going off left and right, you don't want to be named responsible for the bombings."
There are no beds left in intensive care units of hospitals in Batman where 350 new cases are diagnosed per day. 40 thousand people are being monitored by teams for contact tracing. SES Branch Co-chair Deniz Topkan said that 7 people lost their lives while waiting for a bed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Lawyers have made a call for justice for their death-fasting arrested colleagues Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. Gathering in front of the hospital where Timtik is currently held, they have underlined that “there is no time left for them.”
Specialized Sergeant Musa Orhan, who was charged with "qualified sexual assault" for raping 18-year-old İpek Er, who as a result ended her life in Batman, was released from the prison with a court decision.
The body of Barış Bardakçı who lost his life in a clash with the gendermerie in Çukurca is not given to the family on grounds that the prosecutor is on leave.
The number of active cases and "seriously ill patients" continues to increase as well.
DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven said, "They used to go to Anıtkabir when they formed a party, and now they are coming to Diyarbakır" regarding the messages given by the new parties regarding the Kurdish problem. Güven said that it is not enough to deal with the Kurdish issue only in congresses anymore, concrete practical steps should be taken.
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
While human rights defenders keeps calling on to the Supreme Court to take action for the death fasting lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, İHD CO-Chair Öztürk Türkdoğan said: "The Minister of JUstice must take initiative."
Many people were battered and taken into custody during the police crackdown against participants of the vigil for lawyers on death fast for a fair trial.
The Ministry of Health has announced that Turkey’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 6,139 and the total number of cases to 259,692. 18 people have died of the virus and 1,443 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours.