by TurkeyPurge | Sep 21, 2016 | Human Rights Abuses, Torture
The Turkish government has postponed the scheduled visit of Juan E. Mendez, the UN special rapporteur on torture, to the county, which has been beset by allegations of torture, maltreatment and rape against detainees in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt. “While I...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 20, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The pharmacist wife of former prosecutor Hasan Bozkurt, who has been held under custody over coup charges, was also detained during a visit to her husband at İzmir Police Station, on Tuesday. Police detained Hacer Bozkurt after she stopped by the police station in...
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