Urfa Bar President Abdullah Öncel, speaking on the new law proposal on execution discussed at the parliament, drawing attention to the fact that enacting laws according to the 'Crime and Criminal' is against the constitution, said: "Do not hurt the people any further."
A two-day curfew will be implemented in 31 cities of Turkey as part of measures against coronavirus.
Relatives of the prisoners, reacting to the exclusion of political prisoners in the law proposal on execution said: "Prison gates must be opened fairly."
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has reached 47,029 while 307,210 people have been tested.
The remains of Agit İpek who died in a clash in Dersim was sent to his family by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office via mail.
Lawyers and human rights activists have filed criminal charges against the staff in Diyarbakir prison. Hundreds of prisoners who had been transferred there after the Corona uprising in Batman are said to have been tortured.
It was claimed that 2 political prisoners in Silivri No. 5 L Type Closed Prison were diagnosed with Coronavirus (Covid- 19) and instead of being quarantined, they were sent back to their wards.
Cancer and tuberculosis patient Mehmet Salih Filiz from Ödemiş Prison, stated that he was not hospitalized due to the epidemic and that he was not given the medication he needed.
It was alleged that 17-year-old Ali Erdoğan committed suicide in Şakran Children's Prison. "He was a happy young man. We saw bruises on his body," the family said.
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.