{"id":1661,"date":"2024-03-11T00:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T23:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:51:11","slug":"newsletter-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1661","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Sir or Madam,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find below our February newsletter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EUTCC Chairperson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our statement on CPT&#8217;s Visit to Turkey&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We call upon the Council of Europe to use all possible mechanisms to end this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>lawlessness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1651<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CPT&#8217;s Visit to Turkey&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main objective of the visit was to examine the treatment of persons held in high-security prisons. A further focus of the visit was the situation of LGBTI and women prisoners. On the occasion of the visit, the delegation also raised with the relevant authorities certain issues related to the situation of the prisoners currently held at Imral\u0131 F-type High-Security Prison, in particular as regards their contact with the outside world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/cpt\/-\/the-council-of-europe-anti-torture-committee-cpt-visits-t%C3%BCrkiye\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Report by Human Rights Watch on Abuses and Impunity in Turkish-Occupied Northern Syria&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To the UN member States: Under the principle of universal jurisdiction and in accordance with national laws, investigate and prosecute those credibly implicated in serious crimes under international law committed in Turkish-occupied northern Syria.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2024\/02\/29\/everything-power-weapon\/abuses-and-impunity-turkish-occupied-northern-syria\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Human Rights Watch&#8217;s Middle East Division on Turkey&#8217;s Strikes against Northern Syria&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey\u2019s Strikes Wreak Havoc on Northeast Syria &#8211; Critical Infrastructure Damaged, Millions Without Access to Essential Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/02\/09\/turkiyes-strikes-wreak-havoc-northeast-syria\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DFG February Report&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Announcing its February report, Dicle F\u0131rat Journalists Association pointed out that 42 journalists are still imprisoned and called for &#8220;solidarity&#8221; for journalists.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mezopotamyaajansi35.com\/en\/ALL-NEWS\/content\/view\/234788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/mezopotamyaajansi35.com\/en\/ALL-NEWS\/content\/view\/234788<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kurdish Courses in Turkey&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While thousands of students applied for Kurdish elective courses, only 132 teachers were appointed in 12 years in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mezopotamyaajansi35.com\/en\/ALL-NEWS\/content\/view\/233552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/mezopotamyaajansi35.com\/en\/ALL-NEWS\/content\/view\/233552<\/a>&nbsp;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EU Turkey Civic Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eutcc.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.eutcc.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter: @EUTCC1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook: Eu&nbsp;Turkey Civic Commission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our February newsletter.&nbsp; Kind regards Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp; EUTCC Chairperson&nbsp; Our statement on CPT&#8217;s Visit to Turkey&nbsp; We call upon the Council of Europe to use all possible mechanisms to end this lawlessness.&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1661\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1890,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}