At the Central Executive Committee meeting of HDP, organized to discuss the appointment of trustees, the attacks against cemeteries and operations against HDP members and executives, creating a joint struggle line with the democracy forces in Turkey was decided.
Imam Nizamettin Kaplan, underlining that the dead and the graveyards are untouchable, said that those who said 'The best Kurd is the dead Kurd' 20 years ago, now says that 'The best Kurd is the one without a grave'.
According to Turkish officials, 32 people died in the last 24 hours because of the coronavirus.
12 of the 18 people detained within the scope of the investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office were arrested on charges of "being a member of the organization".
Activists of 71 women's organizations condemned latest police operation targeting women in a joint written statement.
Journalist Rojhat Doğru was arrested for 'membership of an illegal organization' on the grounds that he sent money to his friend in prison.
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office released TJA activist Zelal Bilgin, founding member of the Rosa Women's Association, Ayla Akat Ata, Yenişehir Municipality Council member Nevriye Çur and Nazire Tursun on bail today.
The Freedom for Sick Prisoners Initiative explained that while ill prisoner Mehmet Can Demir should benefit from the new Law of Execution, he was not released since the indictment was prepared 15 days before the end of his 2 year imprisonment.
The Women's Councils of the Amed Labor Democracy Platform reacted to the detentions of women on Friday and said: "The government ignores the thoughts and freedom of women."
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists for PACE, expressed concern over the detention of journalists going on for many years especially in Turkey.
In a report about the remains found under the pavement in Kilyos graveyard, the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD), demanded them to be handed over to the families, and requested that an investigation be open about the illegal burying.
HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu who was exposed to police violence during his speech against the appointment of trustees, said: "Police kept kicking me in the absence of the cameras."
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Central Prisons Commission issued a written statement about ill prisoner Sabri Kaya who died on the day of his release.
Noting that the violations of rights have increased in prisons during the outbreak, ÖHD lawyer Şükran Öztürk said: "The prisons are isolated from society, not from the virus."
Another 27 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey today when 952 more people tested positive out of the total 37,507 tests conducted.