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UN Rapporteur says Turkish detainees reportedly tortured with severe beatings, electrical shocks, icy water, sexual assault

UN Rapporteur says Turkish detainees reportedly tortured with severe beatings, electrical shocks, icy water, sexual assault

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 27, 2018 | Int'l Reactions

The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer said in a written statement on Feb 27 that he was alarmed by allegations that large numbers of individuals were exposed to brutal interrogation techniques in Turkish custodies. The allegations of torture and other...
HRW: People being tortured, abducted in post-coup Turkey

HRW: People being tortured, abducted in post-coup Turkey

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

People detained after the last year’s failed putsch have been subject to torture in police custody while several others were abducted outside detention facilities, according to a recent report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW). The New York-based watchdog documented...
Torture not an isolated incident in Turkish prisons: report

Torture not an isolated incident in Turkish prisons: report

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 7, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhumane and degrading treatment of people who are deprived of their liberties in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons has become the norm rather than the exception under increased nationalistic euphoria and religious zealotry in...
‘Prisoners are being tortured,’ arrested Turkish man shouts in a cry for help

‘Prisoners are being tortured,’ arrested Turkish man shouts in a cry for help

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 6, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture

“Political [prisoners] are being subjected to torture,” said a man under arrest, in an obvious cry for help, as he was being forced into a police car after a medical checkup in Manisa province. With allegations of ill-treatment of Turkey’s post-coup prisoners becoming...
Ten prisoners stay in 16-square-meter custody cell, arrested lawyer says

Ten prisoners stay in 16-square-meter custody cell, arrested lawyer says

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2016 | Torture

Allegations of severe overcrowding in Turkey’s post-coup prisons have proven to be true with a recently-arrested lawyer complaining about lack of space in holding cells in an anonymous letter. Ten arrestees are being held in a custody cell as small as 16 square...
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