by TurkeyPurge | Oct 27, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
A lawyer reported to Human Rights Watch that the five were taken to a darkened room, stripped naked, beaten in their testicles with a baton and threatened with rape. In a 43-page report, “A Blank Check: Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture,”...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 27, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
An Ankara-based lawyer told Human Rights Watch that her client suffered from internal bleeding as a result of torture by police officers. In a 43-page report, “A Blank Check: Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture,” published on Tuesday, HRW...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 27, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
An Antalya-based teacher told his wife that police had beaten him so badly during interrogation that his intestines had been destroyed and that he had to have a surgery. In a 43-page report, “A Blank Check: Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture,”...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 27, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
Detained shortly after the failed coup, a Turkish woman told Human Rights Watch that she was deprived of enough food and water while police also turned up the volume of television in order to prevent her from sleeping in custody. In a 43-page report, “A Blank Check:...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 26, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
An Ankara-based lawyer told Human Rights Watch that his client, a detained teacher, agreed to confess to imputed accusations after police threatened to bring his wife to the police station and rape her. In a 43-page report, “A Blank Check: Turkey’s Post-Coup...
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