by TurkeyPurge | Jan 31, 2017 | Human Tragedies
83-year-old Hacı İsa Sezek is being kept in the same holding cell with his 29-year-old grandchild as Turkey exploits ambiguous terror laws to imprison critics, according to Duvar news portal. Sezek was arrested on charges of “membership in an armed organization,”...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Hacı İsa Sezek, an 80-year-old Turk who spent 24 days in police custody in Siirt province, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of “membership in an armed organization.” According to the Evrensel daily, Sezek had been denied food and water while in custody...
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