Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Turkey: Police, Watchmen Involved in Torture, Ill-Treatment

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Click to expand Image Police arrest an individual in Diyarbakir, Turkey, October 2016. © 2016 Ilyas Akengin/AFP/Getty Images (İstanbul) – There is credible evidence that Turkish police and community “night watchmen” have committed serious abuses against at least fourteen people in six incidents in Diyarbakır and İstanbul in the last two months, Human Rights Watch said today. The cases illustrate a worrying pattern of violent arrest, beatings, and other abuse that seems to be part of an increase in violent treatment in custody. They should be fully investigated. In four of the cases,…

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