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Turkey: Sila Abalay facing court on May 22nd (en/fr)

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Turkey: Update on 16 year old child prisoner and hunger striker Sila Abalay – Sila will be facing the judge and prosecutors at Çağlayan courthouse in Istanbul on May 22nd at 01:00PM. Sila is accused of being a member of a left-wing terrorist group and taking part in illegal actions, she has been on hunger strike since April 2nd demanding to be treated as a political prisoner and to be moved from solitary confinement.
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Turkey: 16 year-old Sila Abalay on 37th day of hunger strike

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Following the action in which Prosecutor Kiraz was taken hostage at Çağlayan Courthouse police carried out an operation in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı.  The operation took place on the 1st of April when Sıla Abalay was arrested in her neighbourhood.  The 16 year-old child prisoner was placed in detention alongside sentenced prisoners at Bakırköy Women’s and Children’s Prison.

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