Human Rights Association (IHD) Diyarbakır Office launched the “2018 First 6-month East and Southeast Anatolian Region Human Rights Violations Report.”
The report’s data states 5891 rights violations in the six-month period; 1413 people were taken into custody with 44 of them children. 251 people were arrested, one of them children. At least 175 people were exposed to torture and mistreatment. 997 houses were raided. 3 issues of 11 newspapers were pulled off shelves. 1 publishing house and 1 newspaper office were raided. 7 access bans were brought on news websites. Investigations were started against 43 people in six files. Lawsuits were filed against 66 people within 16 case files. Various sentences of imprisonment were sentenced in 34 case files against 52 people, including politicians and journalists. 15 political party buildings were attacked or raided. 10 social demonstrations or open meetings were intervened by security forces. Meetings and demonstrations were banned indefinitely in some provinces and by being reissued each month in others. 16 ban issues were announced.
Furthermore, special security zones were declared 18 times in total in 593 regions within 15 districts and central districts of four provinces. 16 curfews were declared in 385 villages in 282 neighborhoods of 12 districts and central districts of four provinces.
30.07.2018
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