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Jailed woman, newborn baby sent back to prison a day after delivery

Jailed woman, newborn baby sent back to prison a day after delivery

by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2019 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown

A jailed woman named Hatice Sahnaz was sent bact to prison a day after she delivery her baby girl at a nearby hospital, media reported Saturday. Arrested on Sept 4, 2018 when she was 3-weeks pregnant, the 28-year-old woman has been behind bars in an Antalya prison...
German-Turkish journalist says Erdogan let him be tortured in Istanbul prison

German-Turkish journalist says Erdogan let him be tortured in Istanbul prison

by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Uncategorized

For the first time since being released from Turkish custody, German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücelspoke about the torture he experienced while being held in pretrial detention at a prison near Istanbul. Testifying before a Berlin district court on Friday, Yücel spoke...
51 people being held all together in a 12-people cell in prison, newly-released teacher says

51 people being held all together in a 12-people cell in prison, newly-released teacher says

by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2019 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown

A total of 51 people are being kept in a cell in Diyarbakir prison that is meant for only 12 people,  Ayşe Çelik, a Kurdish teacher who was released from prison yesterday, has revealed. Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the imprisonment of Kurdish...
DW: Around 3,000 inmates are being kept in solitary confinement in Erdogan’s prisons

DW: Around 3,000 inmates are being kept in solitary confinement in Erdogan’s prisons

by TurkeyPurge | May 8, 2019 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown

Thousands of prisoners are being held in solitary confinement in Turkey under conditions so harsh that some prisoners consider dying by suicide, Deutsche Welle reported Tuesday. There are no official figures on the number of prisoners in solitary confinement or how...
Jailed prosecutor’s wife died on way to visit husband in prison

Jailed prosecutor’s wife died on way to visit husband in prison

by TurkeyPurge | May 6, 2019 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown

Firdevs Pekgüzel, the wife of the former prosecutor Mehmet Ali Pekgüzel who was jailed as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown, passed away following a traffic accident, according to sources. “People are dying on the way to visit their spouses...
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