05 May 2017
HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
DİYARBAKIR BRANCH
REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS
IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF 2017
IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA REGION
Prepared by
Archive/Documentation Department
of
Diyarbakır Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD)
BALANCE-SHEET
DESCRIPTION
The data included in this report and balance-sheet belonging to these datum are prepared by compiling the applications made by victims, information obtained from local sources and searching the press (Milliyet, Hürriyet, Sabah, Evrensel, Birgün, Cumhuriyet, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, Cnnturk, TRTHaber, NTV, Habertürk, Fırat Haber Ajansı, ETHA, DHA, AA, İHA, ANHA, Bianet.org, El Cezire, BBC, Sputnik, T24, Dihaber, Gazetesujin, Rojeva Medya, GazeteDuvar, GazeteKarınca, Sendika.org).
Some data in the report is based on witness statements. However, the claims are regarded as true and accurate unless the concerning institutions and persons make statements and explanations to prove the contrary.
As new information come up, relevant sections in the report will be updated. The aforementioned sections can be excluded from the report or maintained by making certain.
BALANCE-SHEET OF VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF 2017
|
VIOLATIONS OF RIGHT TO LIVE |
||
| DEAD | INJURED | |
| Extrajudicial Execution (Arbitrary Killing, people who killed and injured due to Violation of the authority to use weapon and disobeying stop warning) | ||
|
People Killed & Injured by the Police or Gendarmerie |
2 |
2 |
| Deaths and Injuries in Prisons |
1 |
|
| Attacks by Unknown Assailants | ||
|
Male |
2 |
|
| People Killed and Injured as a result of Official Mistake and Omission |
118 |
|
| Self Murders of Police & Soldier / Suspicious Deaths |
2 |
|
| People Exposed to Attack | ||
|
Political Party, Trade Union and Association Executive / Member |
1 |
|
|
Journalist |
1 |
|
|
Student |
1 |
|
|
Lawyer |
2 |
|
|
Health Officer |
1 |
|
| Armed Conflicts | ||
|
Security Officer |
13 |
16 |
|
Armed Militants |
73 |
|
|
Civilians |
1 |
|
| TOTAL |
87 |
16 |
| Note 1: In the fact-finding works carried out in the first 3 month of 2017, it was learned that 51 members of armed organizations were killed in different times in 2016. Statistical information regarding this data are not included in the statistics of balance-sheet. However, they are included in the detailed data of the report.
Note 2: Security forces killed or injured as a result of explosions are included in numbers. |
||
| Civilians Killed – Injured in consequence of Attacks by Illegal Organisations |
2 |
15 |
| Deaths and Injuries Caused by Mine and Unclaimed Bomb Explosion | ||
|
Male |
5 |
|
|
Children |
3 |
5 |
| Suspicious Deaths | ||
|
Male |
3 |
|
|
Children |
1 |
|
|
VIOLATIONS OCCURRED DUE TO CONFLICTING ENVIRONMENT |
||
| Declaration of Special Security Zones and Land Prohibition |
13 |
|
| Declaration of Curfew |
18 |
|
| Disrespect to Reminiscences of the Dead |
24 |
|
|
VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHT TO LIVE |
||
| Suicides of Women | ||
|
Suicide |
5 |
|
| Women Exposed to Domestic Violence | ||
|
Death |
13 |
|
|
Injured/Violence |
8 |
|
| Women Exposed to Violence in Social Sphere | ||
|
Death |
3 |
|
|
Injured/Violence |
2 |
|
|
Sexual Assault |
4 |
|
| Women Forced to Prostitution |
3 |
|
|
VIOLATIONS OF CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO LIVE |
||
| Suicides of Children | ||
| Suicide |
4 |
|
| Children Exposed to Violence in Social Sphere | ||
| Death |
1 |
|
| Sexual Abuse |
57 |
|
| Children Forced to Prostitution |
1 |
|
|
TORTURE PROHIBITION |
||
| TORTURE, ILL-TREATMENT, DEFAMATORY and DEGRADING BEHAVIOUR and PENALIZATION | ||
| Torture and Ill-treatment in Custody |
18 |
|
| Torture and Ill-treatment out of Custody |
33 |
|
| Torture in Prison |
182 |
|
| Abduction and Agency Threat |
1 |
|
| Peole Threathened |
2 |
|
| People Beaten and Injured in consequence of Intervention of Security Forces in Demonstrations |
30 |
|
| Violence in School |
2 |
|
|
VIOLATIONS OF PERSONAL FREEDOM AND SECURITY |
||
| People Detained | ||
| Adult |
1616 |
|
| Children |
13 |
|
| TOTAL |
1629 |
|
| Arrested | ||
| Adult |
432 |
|
| Children |
1 |
|
| TOTAL |
433 |
|
| House Raids |
1367 |
|
|
VIOLATIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION |
||
| Prohibited Activities |
2 |
|
| Prohibited and Collected Publications |
5 |
|
| Raided Newspaper and Media Organs |
1 |
|
| Blocked Internet Sites |
2 |
|
| Violations againt the Freedom of Speaking in Mother Tongue |
1 |
|
|
Investigations Launched against People Expressing Their Thoughts |
||
| Number of Investigations |
2 |
|
| Number of People |
4 |
|
| Cases Opened Against People Expressing Their Thoughts | ||
| Number of Cases |
28 |
|
| Number of People |
31 |
|
| Punishments Imposed on People Expressing Their Thoughts | ||
| Number of Files |
11 |
|
| Number of People |
136 |
|
|
VIOLATIONS OF FREEDOM OF ORGANISATION |
||
| Raided or Attacked Political Party, Trade Union, Association, Cultural Institution | ||
| Political Party |
4 |
|
| Municipality Building and Outhouses |
11 |
|
| Closed / Desired to be Closed Political Party, Trade Union, Association, Cultural Institution | ||
| Association |
33 |
|
| Education and Cultural Institution |
4 |
|
|
VIOLATIONS OF FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND DEMONSTRATION |
||
| Demostrations and Meetings Intervened by Security Forces |
11 |
|
| Postponed, Prohibited Meetings and Demonstrations |
3 |
|
| VIOLATIONS OCCURRED IN PRISONS | ||
| Applications of Transfer |
407 |
|
| Violation of the Right to Health |
15 |
|
| Persons Whose Family Visits Hindered |
10 |
|
| Isolation / Solitary Confinement |
19 |
|
| Persons Exposed to Disciplinary Punishments |
2 |
|
| Persons Whose Right to Communication is Prohibited |
2 |
|
| Persons Whose Right to Social Activities is Prohibited |
33 |
|
| Other Violations in Prisons |
21 |
|
|
VIOLATIONS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS |
||
| Work Accidents | ||
| Deaths in Work Accidents |
8 |
|
| Injuries in Work Accidents |
6 |
|
| Employees Dismissed in Municipalities & Private Sector |
848 |
|
| People Suspended from Profession |
201 |
|
| People Dismissed from Profession |
1698 |
|
| Administrative Investigations |
83 |
|
|
OTHER VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS |
||
| Trustee (Municipality) |
29 |
|
| Violation of Right to Health |
98 |
|
| Violation of Right to Housing |
1 |
|
| OTHER APPLICATIONS |
14 |
|
| TOTAL NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS |
7907 |
|
Note: In terms of human rights violations, there were respectively 103, 73 and 12 applications made to our Diyarbakır Branch, Van Brach and Batman Branch in the first 3 months of 2017.
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DİYARBAKIR BRANCH OF HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (İHD)