Seriously ill prisoner denied medication

  • actual
  • 13:46 29 August 2024
  • |
img
SÊRT - Seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Çam, who underwent angioplasty after a heart attack, was found to have a brain tumor and cysts in his kidneys, is not being given his medication. His daughter Şimal Çam stated that her father is being dragged to death. 
 
Ill prisoners in prisons are left to die. Mehmet Emin Çam, 72, who is being held in Batman Beşiri Type T Closed Prison and is on the list of seriously ill prisoners of the Human Rights Association (İHD), is not given his medication.
 
On May 24, Çam had a heart attack and underwent angioplasty at Batman Regional Hospital. On May 27, Çam was taken to prison again. He was arrested on December 12, 2012 on the allegations of “KCK City Assembly structure” when he was Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Sêrt (Siirt) provincial chair. After 10 months, Çam was released to stand trial without arrest, but Siirt Heavy Penal Court sentenced him to 9 years for “membership in an illegal organization”. Çam was arrested on March 14, 2022 after the sentence was upheld by the Court of Cassation and was kept in solitary confinement for 17 days in Batman Type M Closed Prison.
 
MUST TAKE MEDICATION FOR LIFE 
 
On April 1, Çam was transferred to Beşiri Type T Closed Prison and was found to have a brain tumor. On May 27, Çam had a heart attack and underwent an angioplasty and has to take medication for life. Çam, who also has kidney disease, underwent kidney surgery twice. Despite this, the cysts in his kidneys reoccur. Çam, who also underwent cataract surgery, has myopia and astigmatism in his eyes. Çam, who has also lost his hearing in his right ear, has difficulty walking due to paralysis on his left side. 
 
'THEY ARE BEING DRAGGED TO DEATH'
 
Çam's daughter Şimel Çam, who went to Çam's closed visit, said that her father was being dragged to death. Emphasizing that the situation of ill prisoners is getting worse every day, Çam said: “What is being inflicted on ill prisoners is torture. My father's condition was very bad when I went to see him. He stated that he was not given the medication he needed to take. My father recently had a heart attack and underwent angioplasty. Due to his heart condition and brain tumor, he is constantly taking medication. These vital medications are not given to my father. Every time he goes to the infirmary, he is told that they are not available and sent to the ward without being given them. Since he is not taking his medication, there is a risk of losing his life every hour. Every minute is working against my father. We want my father to be given his medication immediately.” 
 
'A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY IS BEING COMMITTED'
 
Drawing attention to the role of the Forensic Medicine Institution (ATK) and hospitals in the situation of sick prisoners, Çam continued as follows: “Dilan Polat, who committed many crimes, was released. Mafia members, drug dealers, murderers of women and similar crimes are released. But the seriously ill and elderly are not released.  All applications to the ATK remain inconclusive. In the previous application made for my father, Batman Regional Research Hospital gave the report 'He can stay in prison'. While keeping sick prisoners in prison is an unlawful act in itself, the decisions taken by both the ATK and the hospital cause these unlawful acts to increase. This process is a crime against humanity.”
 

View More Articles

22/12/2024
10:11 Call for investigation: Death of every journalist is the death of truth
09:55 Capitalists have devoured nature
09:28 Second Paris Massacre: The French government must be held to account
08:53 'Daştan and Bilgin' investigation against T24 and Seyhan Avsar
21/12/2024
14:01 Application for the bodies of Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin
13:21 Women prisoners beaten in Patnos Prison
12:54 'Their pens will not remain on the ground'
12:10 Center of World War 3: Middle East
11:34 Journalists murdered in pursuit of truth says PEN International President Sönmez
11:23 Turkey murdered 13 journalists in 5 years
20/12/2024
16:58 Vigil at border on its 8th day: Recognise Rojava's status
13:32 'Solution and freedom' marchers call on Parliament to take responsibility
13:12 His frame always turned towards people's struggle
12:46 She shed light on 'historical processes' with her camera
12:15 Journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin murdered
19/12/2024
17:15 SDF: We urge all people of Kobani to embrace their duty to defend their homeland
15:54 Release of 30-year prisoner Taşlı postponed for a year
15:44 Taybet Inan commemorated on the street she murdered
15:39 19 December Massacre anniversary
15:04 Lawyers applies to meet with Abdullah Öcalan
14:09 'Conditions must be provided for Mr Öcalan to fulfil his mission'
13:47 Sakık to Hakan Fidan: You must leave from there
13:28 30-year prisoner prevents from attending his mother's funeral
13:13 Tomb is a pretext, occupation is the goal says Journalist Cihan Bilgin
12:19 Citizens on border vigil: The road to freedom passes through Rojava
12:14 YPG Spokeperson Siyamend Eli: We are the only power established by the people
11:08 Turkey must accept the Autonomous Administration in Syria says Prof Doğu Ergil
10:11 Call from Kongra Star Spokesperson: Let's protect women's gains
09:43 Prisoner in Dumlu Prison No. 2 tells violations
09:12 Denial of right to hope violates principle of equality says Lawyer Akbulut
08:58 Attack on Qereqozak
18/12/2024
13:55 Mass commemoration of those murdered in Paris
13:54 Thousands displaced due to attacks says DEM Party
12:01 Ministry couldn't determine a 'suitable time' for İmralı for 23 days
11:25 Socialist Laborers Party members charges with 'fictitious' organization
10:29 Politicians participating border resistance: Take Rojava model as a basis
09:31 'Rojava is hope for women and peoples, we need to be hope for it too'
09:30 Ağrı citizens content with their municipality
09:29 For 30 years she keeps headline 'Shame on humanity!
09:16 'Now is the time for unity in 4 parts of Kurdistan'
09:15 Oil wars in history, imperialism and new energy routes
09:13 'I gave my mother 12 kisses for each of her children'
17/12/2024
16:10 Resistance against trustee continues in Êlih
16:09 Turkey shelled Girê Spî countryside
15:50 Bayındır calls on Parliament to convene for a solution to the Kurdish issue
14:57 Jiyan Ateş releases from prison
14:23 Lawyers applies to meet with Abdullah Öcalan
14:22 Peace Mothers call for unity against attacks
14:21 Vigil at border on its 5th day
11:24 Murat Karayılan: We have no ties with any organization in Rojava