TURKEY: Juvenile justice update

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Stone-throwing minors transferred from Diyarbakır Prison
[TZ, 10 June 2010] - The families of imprisoned youths have been demonstrating outside Diyarbakır Prison over the past three days to protest against a decision by the Ministry of Justice to transfer minors convicted under terrorism laws to various jails around the country. The ministry sent 31 youths to adult prisons in the provinces of Mardin, Midyat, Muş, Malatya, Elazığ, Siirt, Bitlis and Adıyaman. Read the full story.

Mehmet Atak: Last warning to the Turkish Government on Imprisoned Children
[For the Justice for Children] - On June 7, 2010, the human rights group Justice for Children held a press conference in Beyoglu 26A, Istanbul, to spread the message “Children have no patience left for waiting! The Turkish government has to keep the promise that they gave to the children victimised by the Law on Struggle Against Terrorism!” Read the full story.

Information file on Kurdish children
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Country: 
Turkey
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State violence
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State violence
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