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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...
Turkey to pay huge compensation for post-coup rights violations, main opposition says

Turkey to pay huge compensation for post-coup rights violations, main opposition says

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

The main opposition party leader has said Turkey will pay a big price and an enormous amount of compensation for gross human rights violations caused by government decrees issued during a state of emergency declared after an abortive coup. Republican People’s Party...

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