A jump in COVID-19 cases, led by the capital Ankara, prompts new restrictions on social mobility. Dozens of health care workers...

Amnesty launches email campaign for the release of Turkey’s political prisoners amid Covid-19: “Turkey: Release unfairly imprisoned people and most at...

We, the undersigned Laureates of the Sakharov Prize Award and Members of the European Parliament united in a Sakharov Prize Community,...

The New York-based Human Rights Foundation has released a message on Twitter, calling on the Turkish authorities to release the prisoners...

Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa On COVID-19 and Political Prisoners in Foreign Countries Wednesday, May 20,...

Although Turkish officials are insisting there are no serious problems involving the coronavirus outbreak in prisons, a number of complaints from...

Can Bahadır Yüce writes on Turkey’s response to coronavirus, and calls for the release of at-risk political prisoners While COVID-19 is...

In a letter addressed to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, members of the US Congress urged the US government to...

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, an opposition member of the Turkish parliament and a rights activist, tweeted late on Sunday that eight inmates...

The current virus outbreak cannot be used as an excuse to worsen the human rights situation in detention facilities around the...

Rebecca Harms announced: After Covid-19 amnesty law there are still 39 prisoners in a single cell. After #Covid_19 amnesty law there...

Authorities today announced 44 prisoners in Istanbul’s Silivri Prison tested positive for Covid-19. 4 prisoners hospitalized; the remaining 40 show no...

GENEVA (8 May 2020) – A group of independent UN experts today recalled that “the prohibition of arbitrary detention is absolute...

Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings COVID-19 HUMAN RIGHTS DISPATCH – NUMBER 2 COVID-19 and Protection...

Lord Garnier, QC, The Times Turkish dissidents remain jailed and in mortal danger from coronavirus, including my client. urkey has just...

April 30th, 2020 Communiqué of the Governing Board of Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid concerning the situation of lawyers in Turkey...

Referring to their previous statements, the PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Turkey Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden, SOC) and John Howell (United Kingdom, EC/DA),...

As Turkish citizens struggle in the face of rising COVID-19 infections and on-and-off curfews imposed by their fickle government, Ankara has...

According to information given by Boldmedya to HDP deputy and human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, 26 prisoners carrying coronavirus were...

In many countries, prisoners are released due to coronavirus. In the absence of any initiative regarding the release of prisoners in...

According to the news of the Gazeteduvar, Human Rights Association (IHD) and Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TIHV) announced that another doctor’s...

Izmir branch of Human Rights Association (IHD) shared information about corona cases in Izmir Closed Women’s Prison. In the post on...

According to the news of BBC Turkish, a comprehensive filiation was carried out in Izmir/Buca Prison after the first case detected...

According to the news in TR724, ex-police officer Ismail Hıta, who caught coronavirus in Iskenderun Prison, lost his life. https://www.tr724.com/cezaevinde-bir-tutuklu-daha-koronadan-hayatini-kaybetti/

According to the news in Etha, Cetin Gumustas, who stays in Tekirdağ T-Type Prison, Ward  No. 2, was taken to the...

According to the Gazeteduvar news, Mazıdağı Co-mayor Nalan Ozaydın, who was transferred due to her illness from Tarsus T Type Closed...

HDP Deputy of Kocaeli Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu brought up that a person staying in Sincan prison had a positive Kovid-19 test....

Former Army Officer Halis Tunc and Human Rights Association (IHD) announced on social media that there were 2 positive Covid-19 diagnoses...

According to the Sozcu newspaper, it was revealed that the convicted Mehmet Yeter, who was in Samsun/Bafra T Type Prison, died...

According to the Tr724 report, it was reported that 26 prisoners in Rize Kalkandere L Type Closed Prison were infected with...

According to the report of “Mugla Kent” Newspaper, the convicted T.A., who was released from Dalaman Open Prison in Muğla got...

According to the report at Mezepotampa Agency, celiac patient Merve Aydoğan, who stays in Kayseri Bünyan Women’s Closed Prison, said that...

The coronavirus outbreak is spreading in prisons. After Edirne Prison, which was alleged to be quarantined last night, a case was...

According to the news in Boldmedya, coronavirus was detected in a detainee in Balıkesir Kepsut Prison and taken to the City...