Question 7839 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Pouria Amirshahi alerts the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs about the conditions of detention of political prisoners in Türkiye. Turkey now has one of the highest detention rates in Europe, with more than 390,000 detainees. Since the failed coup d'état of 2016, the Turkish regime has intensified the repression of the political opposition, notably through the systematic and abusive use of Anti-Terrorism Law No. 3713 of 1991. According to estimates by CiSST, an association for the defense of prisoners' rights, at least 30,000 political prisoners are currently incarcerated, including around 20,000 Kurds. Prisoners, often locked up in high-security Type F prisons, or their newer iterations - Type Y and S prisons known for their very poor detention conditions. They are subjected to prolonged isolation, treatment inhumane, even acts of physical and psychological torture. Political prisoners are frequently refused access to care, despite serious pathologies, which de facto condemns them to a slow death. The example of Bazo Ylmaz, who died at the age of 67 of respiratory illness behind bars in Urfa prison in 2022, after the repeated refusal of his requests for release, is a tragic illustration of this. In 2021, 65 people are died in prison due to lack of treatment. The abusive use of solitary confinement, lack of privacy, sexual violence, punitive transfers and intimidation of lawyers are also documented realities. These practices, documented by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Prison Insider, violate Turkey's international commitments in terms of detention and the prevention of torture, including Mandela Rules of 2015 (A/RES/70/175), as well as the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted by resolution 39/46 of December 10, 1984 and also ratified by France on February 18, 1986. In this context, he asked what diplomatic measures France could implement, both at the bilateral level and at the within the European Union, to guarantee that Turkey respects its international commitments and ensures dignified conditions of detention for all political prisoners.

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