Diyarbakir Human Rights Association

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From: Arm The Spirit <ats at locust.etext.org>
Subject: Diyarbakir Human Rights Association Monthly Report

Human Rights Association (IHD) - Diyarbakir Branch
Report Of Human Rights Violations - March 1997

Summary of the human rights violations which our association 
became aware of:

3 people lost their lives in the ongoing violent clashes in the area, while
13 were injured.

7 people were badly hurt by mine explosions. In a place near the provincial
center of Siirt, two children named H.K. (15) and H.K. (10) were also badly
hurt in an explosion of explosives they found.

In armed attacks against civilians, 5 people were killed, 11 wounded. 
3 people died, 2 of them children, 1 was wounded from fire by soldiers.
In armed attacks by village guards, 2 people were killed, 1 wounded.
The number of civilians who got involved and lost their lives in clashes
was 6, 4 were wounded.

There is still no information avaliable about Ilyas Eren (43), who was
detained at the minibus terminal in Diyarbakir/Kulp by people with weapons
and wireless phones.

128 people were detained, 2 of which applied to our association
because of torture. Of the 128 detained, 22 were formally arrested.

5 villages were raided, 2 villages were evacuated, one of them named
Hilaluk in the district of Eruh/Siirt, the other Ziwi (Yakitli) in Batman.
In the village of Ziyarettepe in the district of Hani, Diyarbakir province,
the corpses of two men were found whose identities are unknown.

Because of the ongoing problems in the prisons, the political prisoners in
the prisons of the provinces Siirt, Van, and Erzurum went into collective
hunger strike for an indefinite period. There have also been problems in
Elazig prison due to the conduct of the prison directors.

As everywhere in Turkey, our region suffered severe human rights
violations in March. We call for social peace and respect for human rights 
in Turkey and in our region.

DIYARBAKIR BRANCH MARCH BALANCE SHEET

                                events          dead            wounded

In clashes                                      3               13
Mines                                                           7
Attacks against civilians                       5               11
Civilian victims in clashes                     6               4
Disappeared                     1
Detained                        128
Torture                         2
Raided villages                 5
Evacuated villages              2
Unidentified corpses            2
Prisons                         1
Arrests                         22
TOTAL                           163             14              35

(Source: IHD Diyarbakir Branch, ihd-diyarbakir at info-ist.comlink.apc.org)

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