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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...
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...
Prison guards beat children during visit to imprisoned mother

Prison guards beat children during visit to imprisoned mother

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 29, 2017 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture

Two out of three children of Raziye Soner, a pro-Kurdish Republican Peoples’ Party (HDP) member who was arrested over terror charges on Dec 24, 2016, were beaten by police during a visit to their imprisoned mother. Soner reportedly attempted to greet the visitors of...
Mistakenly detained for terror attack, villagers beaten during police custody

Mistakenly detained for terror attack, villagers beaten during police custody

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 20, 2017 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture

Three people accused of attacking police headquarters and tortured under detention in the eastern Turkish province of Van turned out to be civilians who were collecting mushrooms on a mountainside, the Hürriyet daily reported on Monday. According to the report, they...
Deputy says prosecutor in solitary confinement with broken arms

Deputy says prosecutor in solitary confinement with broken arms

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 8, 2017 | Human Tragedies

Under arrest as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown, the arms of Muzaffer Bayram, a former prosecutor in Kütahya province, were broken in prison where he is being held in solitary confinement, according to Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Barış...
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