The latest vigil, planned by the Solidarity with Prisoners Initiative on January 20th demanding “Freedom for sick prisoners”, is being held every Thursday in front of the Yenibosna ATK, the Judicial Medicine Institution where the decisions to release the prisoners on medical grounds are granted. The mass blockade, including the opposition progressive HDP party’s MP Zuleyha Gulm and journalists, was barred by the police. Seventeen people, including relatives of the detainees, were then beaten and detained.
17 detained in Yenibosna seeking freedom for the sick prisoners
Police attacked a vigil organized by the Solidarity Initiative with Prisoners, which seeks freedom for sick prisoners as the law mandates, in front of Yenibosna Judicial Medicine Services. Seventeen non-violent protesters, including the relatives of the detainees, were beaten and detained
Police attacked the vigil in front of the Forensic Medicine Institution (ATK) in Yenibosna, Istanbul. The rally was organized by the Solidarity Initiative with Prisoners to call attention to the condition of the sick detainees and prisoners. Seventeen people, including relatives of detainees, were beaten and detained.
The latest vigil, planned by the Solidarity with Prisoners Initiative on January 20th demanding “Freedom for sick prisoners”, is being held every Thursday in front of the Yenibosna ATK, the Judicial Medicine Institution where the decisions to release the prisoners on medical grounds are granted. The mass blockade, including the opposition progressive HDP party’s MP Zuleyha Gulm and journalists, was barred by the police. Seventeen people, including relatives of the detainees, were then beaten and detained.
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