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Human Rights Association lawyer Nuray Cevirmen has warned of violations of rights in Turkish prisons
by Steve Sweeney
International editor
FEMALE political prisoners held in Turkey issued an urgent appeal for solidarity today following an escalation of human rights violations that has seen seven people die in suspicious circumstances in recent weeks.
“Coffins have been coming out of prisons one after the other for years,” said a statement by 28 inmates of Bakirkoy Women’s Closed Prison.
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