by TurkeyPurge | May 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown, Torture
Rumors have it that former Foreign Ministry employees are being subject to torture and sexual abuse while under custody at Ankara Police Department, opposition deputy and a human rights activist Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu said. “There are allegations of torture at Ankara...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 8, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown, Torture
In the latest of firsthand letters revealing re-emergence of torture in Turkish prisons, an Antalya arrestee reportedly said he was beaten so badly that he blacked out for some time while he was also threatened with rape. Detained after a regular police check on Jan...
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