Biopolitics has always been directed to prisons, said Italian philosopher Roberto Esposito, commenting on our question on the agenda of prisons of Turkey. And he added, "If a kind of amnesty or a certain emptying of prisons were to be used, these people, political prisoners, would have to be released first, rather than ordinary criminals".
The bill on criminal enforcement debate will continue today, on its third day of discussion amidst protests by the HDP.
The Health Ministry doesn't report Covid-19 deaths according to WHO codes, hence there is no parallel between the numbers of cases and deaths, according to the association.
With the death of another child in Lice, the number of people who died as a result of objects exploded, that are listed in the inventory of the law enforcement, increased to 22, 21 of whom were children.
Stating that banning the free press in prisons with the new law proposal on executiıon is against the law, Adana Bar Association Prison Monitoring Commission Chair Tugay Bek said: "Free press is being banned while journalists getting arrested."
Mehmet Emin Gezer who lost his brother in an pro- ISIS attack and who got paralyzed from below the waist, pointed out that his two brothers, who have been in prison for years, are at risk of epidemic, and warned that the government can not carry through the law proposal on execution.
According to official figures, 812 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 38,226 cases of infection have been recorded.
HDP Group Deputy Chairman Meral Danış Beştaş, who criticized the law proposal on execution said: "“We also know that you are trying to punish the social opposition outside of us, unfairly and unscrupulously with this law. You almost said the law includes everyone except the Kurds."
On International Roman Day, HDK is calling for solidarity with the Roma people against exclusion and discrimination.
Turkish authorities continue obstructing any connection with Abdullah Öcalan and three other prisoners in Imralı Island Prison.
HDP MPs protested the inequality of the law proposal on execution with a march in the parliament.
Bozan Karayılan from Adana Kürkçüler Prison told that they were beaten because they protested Helin Bölek's death.
HDP Eyyubiye District Co-chair Ömer Bozdal and doctor Rezan Altundağ were released from prison.
Medya Aslan, a prisoner being held in Van Type T Prison, sent a letter to İHD and told that two wards of 16 people were merged despite the virus threat, that the sick prisoners aren't being taken to the infirmary and hygiene materials are not given to the prisoners.
AKP and MHP voted against the law against violence in healthcare. İzmir Medical Chamber protested the rejection of law proposal.