Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) Association has prepared a report on the complaints of prisoners in Turkey amid Covid-19 pandemic. Covering the period from April 15 to 28, the report shows that access to rights in prisons has been restricted.
Muhlis Demir, son of 68 year old Payiz Demir, a prisoner being held in Van Type T Prison said: "The rapists, thieves and murderers are being released, why don't they release people over 65? Where is equality, justice and conscience?"
Call for urgent legal steps to redress the discriminatory effects of the Turkish Criminal Enforcement Law.
Cansu Şekerci, Represantative of Children in Prison Network, stated that the isolation worsened in prisons and the inspections haven't been carried out.
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake has been reported in Sulaymaniyah in South Kurdistan.
Over three thousand people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 117,589 cases have been recorded.
Jouranlist Aziz Oruç, who is imprisoned in Van Patnos Type L Closed Prison reported the conditions on the prisons and told that the biggest need of the prisoners in his prison is the "hot water" due to coronavirus risk, because they have been having shower with either cold or only warm water for some time now.
PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned in İmralı Prison in Turkey, spoke on the phone with his family after 21 years. Mezopotamya Agency reached the details of the first phone-call of Öcalan, who has been imprisoned under heavy isolation.
The former KDP peshmerga, Mustafa Ölmez raised his demand for the withdrawal of the peshmerga forces in Zînî Wertê and lifting the embargo in Mahmur, called for "Kurds to solve their problems and act with the awareness of national unity. No more bloodshed."
Psychologist Ayça Tezerişir, who told that the hidden victims of the epidemic are children that are forced to stay home, took attention to that parents can cope with children's concerns to the extent that they can manage their own concerns and shared some suggestions to parents.
Resul Özdemir who was extradited to Turkey from Sweden was sent to Silivri No 9 Type F Prison.
One of the lawyers of the Soma case, Seçil Ege Değerli, stated that the detained defendants of Some will be abated and released earlier.
Cizre Municipality which has been imposed a trustee, hid the comments posted by people on the municipality social media after its decision to not include Kurdish in the signs marking historical sites as they were overwhelmingly against it.
Istanbul Religious Scholars Association (DİAYDER) protested the increasing state attacks against guerrilla graves and said: "This hatred and brutality is an arbitrary practice, and disrespect towards the Kurdish society and their graves."
Fahri Doğan from DİK Secretariat critisized the attacks against the cemeteries and said 'They are attacking the dead, who are the guests of God' and stated that the islamic law is trampled.