The Federation of the Associations of Solidarity with Prisoners' Families (MED TUHAD-FED) issued a written statement to celebrate the birthday of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Families of Journalists Mehmet Ferhat Çelik and Aydın Keser who are not included to the new law of execution, demanded their release along with other political prisoners.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and an expected sanitary crisis in Turkish detention centres, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden, SOC) and John Howell (United Kingdom, EC/DA), have urged the Turkish authorities to ensure that any early or conditional release of prisoners is non-discriminatory and does not exclude prisoners detained on political grounds.
The only measure taken by the Adana Kürkçüler Prison administration turned out to be distributing one latex glove and one surgical mask per month.
Sabri Kaya, who was treated at Osmaniye State Hospital for 10 days as a result of a heart attack and brain hemorrhage, has been brought back to prison.
According to the news, Verdê Çetin was the last to die. It was reported that her husband Cahit Çetin, 64, died on the same day before Çetin. Both were being treated in Kızıltepe district.
Stating that the regulation envisaging the changes in the law of execution is against the principle of equality, Adana Bar Association Human Rights Commission Chairperson Nurettin Tanış said: "There is a need for libertarian laws based on justice that concern all segments of society."
69 more people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey during the past 24 hours.
Eleven-year-old Yusuf Yıldırak, injured by an explosion in a pasture three days ago, succumbed to his injuries.
The families of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in İmralı applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to visit their imprisoned family members.
Tahsin Aktaş , father of Engin Aktaş who lost both his hands and has not been released despite the medical report stating he can not sustain his life in prison, asked: "“One of the 2 people in the ward is in a wheelchair and the other is bedridden. How can these 3 people take care of each other?"
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign has written to British Foreign Secretary Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP to raise the issue of political prisoners in Turkey.
Consumer prices rose in March and annual inflation reached 11.86 percent. The annual increase in producer prices was 8.50 percent.
Grup Yorum member Helin Bölek who has been on a death fast for 288 days, lost her life. Grup Yorum, announcing Bölek's death, said: "We invite everyone to our martyr's resistance house."
A release application was made for former HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş.