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Newly released journalist says tortured with molten plastic during detention

Newly released journalist says tortured with molten plastic during detention

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Torture

Police officers reportedly tortured Adnan Kümek, a reporter for the government-targeted Azadiya Welat newspaper, by dripping molten plastic on his legs during the two days he was held at an unofficial detention center in Turkey’s East. Allegations of torture and other...
Police raid central office of Kurdish-language newspaper

Police raid central office of Kurdish-language newspaper

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 28, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish police raided the Diyarbakır offices of Kurdish-publishing daily newspaper, Azadiya Welat on Sunday. Police officers reportedly continue searching the office. The number of journalists jailed in Turkey went up to 106 with the recent arrests of two reporters...

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