31.01.2012 Daily Human Rights Report
(01/203) Allegations of mass graveyard in Diyarbakır Province…
Human bones and skulls that were allegedly belong to six people had been found during the excavations for the restoration of Central Closed Prison which was allegedly used by the Gendarmerie Intelligence and Fighting with Terrorism Department (JITEM) in 1990s in Suriçi Quarter of Diyarbakır Province on 11 January 2012. Remnants of 3 people were found in the second day of the excavation and the prosecutor decided to enlarge the field that will be excavated on 12 January 2012. On 13 January 2012 remnants of the two people were found. On 17 January 2012 remnants allegedly belong to four people were found and the prosecutor ordered that all İçkale region should be excavated. The relatives of the forced disappeared people began to apply to the Human Rights Association’s (IHD) Diyarbakır Branch and 26 families applied until 18 January. Remnants of the four people were found 24 January 2012 and the number of the corpses became 26. On 30 January 2012 remnants of the 3 people were found during the excavation (ntvmsnbc.com, 30 January).
(01/204) Intervention to the workers’ action…
Municipal police interfered the workers who had been laid off and have been demonstrating for their rights to organise in trade unions in front of the Maltepe Municipality in İstanbul Province on 30 January 2012 and confiscated placards and invitations for the activity which will be held on 4 February 2012. Police teams interfered the quarrel between the municipal police and the workers and detained eight workers and the reporter of the Red Flag (Kızıl Bayrak) Newspaper (kizilbayrak.net, 30 January).
(01/205) Explosion in Hakkâri Province…
On 30 January 2012 three people were detained in connection with the explosion in Hakkâri Province on 19 January 2012. Zeki Yeşil had died in the Hakkâri State Hospital after he had been wounded in the explosion as a police shuttle was passing by in Bulvar Street of Hakkâri Province on 19 January 2012. 27 people -3 of them police officers- had been wounded in the explosion (Zaman, 30 January).
(01/206) Home raids in Bitlis Province…
Nurullah Akdemir, Tatvan Municipality Assembly member, and Yalçın Aysal, a member of the Democratic Youth Association (DYG), were arrested on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation” in Tatvan District of Bitlis Province on 30 January 2012. They had been detained with six other executives of the BDPPeace and Democracy Party on 29 January 2012 (ANF, 30 January).
