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Post-coup prisoner says threatened with rape, beaten almost to death

Post-coup prisoner says threatened with rape, beaten almost to death

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...
Former warden at gov’t-closed dormitory says suffered sexual assault, beatings, asphyxiation in prison

Former warden at gov’t-closed dormitory says suffered sexual assault, beatings, asphyxiation in prison

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2017 | Human Rights Abuses, Human Tragedies, Torture

M.E., a 34-year-old Turkish man who used to work at a student dormitory affiliated with the Gülen movement, has told the New York Times that he was subjected to sexual assault, beatings and asphyxiation in prison. In last part of State of Emergency article series,...

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