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[VIDEO] Jailed doctor did not commit suicide but died due to torture: family

[VIDEO] Jailed doctor did not commit suicide but died due to torture: family

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 6, 2018 | Human Rights Abuses, Human Tragedies, Torture

Family members of İbrahim Halil Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was jailed in May over alleged links to the Gülen movement, said that Özyavuz did not commit suicide as previously reported but rather died after he was subjected to heavy torture by police officers while...
Dismissed public officer suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after 7 days in custody: report

Dismissed public officer suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after 7 days in custody: report

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 3, 2018 | Torture

A report by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) shows that a Turkish man who was kept under police custody for 7 days in the wake of a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 lost his mental health because of torture, ill-treatment and trauma. A Turkish...
Villagers tortured by soldiers in Turkey’s Hakkari, report claims

Villagers tortured by soldiers in Turkey’s Hakkari, report claims

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 1, 2018 | Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown, Torture

Two villagers from Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Hakkari province have been tortured for hours by a group of soldiers while they were shepherding their sheep, according to media. Mezopotampya online news agency said Friday that Ramazan Tas and Nasır Taş, two shepherds...
Actor-director battered, threatened with death in police custody: report

Actor-director battered, threatened with death in police custody: report

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

Actor-director Emre Kılınç, detained a few days ago, has been threatened with death in police custody, according his lawyer. Lawyer Nagehan Avçil said her client Kılınç was detained in Istanbul’s Hadimkoy on March 6 and that he was charged with membership to and...
[VIDEO] Plainclothes police officers beat up former university personnel, detain them for further ill-treatment: report

[VIDEO] Plainclothes police officers beat up former university personnel, detain them for further ill-treatment: report

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown, Torture

Sedat Gökçen and Ahmet Gödük, two former personnel of the International Antalya University, which was earlier shuttered over ties to the Gülen movement, have been subject to torture and maltreatment ever since they were detained near a shopping mall mid-last month....
International bar association says concerned about torture against jailed Turkish lawyers

International bar association says concerned about torture against jailed Turkish lawyers

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 26, 2018 | Int'l Reactions, Torture

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has said that it is concerned with the reported allegations of torture and mistreatment against detained lawyers in Turkey. In a written statement to mark the 2018 Day of the Endangered Lawyer on Jan...
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