İHD January-February 2023 Digest

İHD

January-February 2023 Digest

  02.01.2023: İHD released its special report “Recommendations on Amendments to the Enforcement Law Concerning Sick Prisoners” incorporating the association’s findings on rights violations faced by sick prisoners. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-special-report-recommendations-on-amendments-to-the-enforcement-law-concerning-sick-prisoners/   09.01.2023: İHD and other rights NGOs issued a joint statement on the closure case brought against HDP stating that the case was an assault on political opposition and democratic norms. https://ihd.org.tr/en/joint-statement-by-rights-ngos-on-the-closure-case-against-hdp/   23.01.2023: 26 international and Türkiye-based NGOs, including İHD, submitted a Rule 9.2 communication regarding the execution of the ECtHR’s Oya Ataman Group judgments. https://ihd.org.tr/en/joint-rule-9-2-communication-in-the-oya-ataman-group/   27.01.2023: İHD submitted its Rule 9.2 Communication in the Öner and Türk v. Turkey group of cases. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-rule-9-2-communication-oner-and-turk-v-turkey-group-of-cases/   08.02.2023: İHD released a statement on the devastating earthquakes of 6 February 2023 underlining that negligence brought about death and destruction. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-statement-on-the-maras-earthquakes/   10.02.2023: İHD, FIDH and OMCT issued a joint statement calling on the authorities to uphold human rights during earthquake response. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-fidh-omct-joint-statement-uphold-human-rights-during-earthquake-response/   14.02.2023: Turkish Medical Association (TMA), İHD and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) issued a joint statement stressing that no exceptional circumstances justified torture. https://ihd.org.tr/en/tma-ihd-hrft-joint-statement-no-exceptional-circumstances-justify-torture/