Solitary confinement

Qatargate – Eva Kaili: Statement after the decision to remain in prison – “They are wasting their time” –

Eva Kaili will remain in custody for at least another month, after the decision by the pre-trial council to reject her request to be released from prison with a "bracelet".

Her hearing, which began at 12.05 Brussels time, lasted about an hour and a half.

"They are suffering in vain", comments the MEP after yesterday's decision to remain in prison.

Killer of Armenian-Turkish journalist Dink put in solitary confinement over security concerns

Ogün Samast, the assailant in the 2007 murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, has been put in solitary confinement over security concerns, daily Vatan reported on Sept. 1.

He had previously been serving his sentence in a three-person cell at a prison in the northwestern province of Kocaeli. 

Some inmates to get better conditions after overpopulation in Turkish jails due to Gülen case arrests

Overpopulation in Turkish prisons in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, which is widely believed to have been orchestrated by the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), has led the Turkish Justice Ministry to introduce new regulations that would better prison conditions for inmates serving less than 10 years in prison. 

Sentenced to death in Turkish jails

The Justice Ministry recently announced that there are 387 inmates in Turkey's prisons with serious illnesses. Of these inmates, 114 are suffering from cancer.

Did you know that more than 300 prisoners die every year in Turkey? Indeed, almost every day a coffin comes out of our prisons. They say it is fate, but it is not exactly like that...

Turkish court acquits inmates in 'Operation Return to Life' case

A local Istanbul court has acquitted some 400 suspects, who were inmates involved in a hunger strike and subsequent protest 16 years ago, which ended in dozens of casualties. 

Some 399 inmates were tired with charges of "rioting, possession of explosives and manslaughter," by the court, which concluded the case on its 98th ruling on Jan. 22. 

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