content tagged with ill treatment

PACE: 'Torture and ill-treatment becoming more widespread in Turkey'

PACE: 'Torture and ill-treatment becoming more widespread in Turkey'

Despite the official authorities' "zero tolerance for torture and ill-treatment" message in Turkey, incidents of torture and ill-treatment have increased in recent years in detentions and prisons, states a new Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resolution.

25 January 2024

Urgent action by Amnesty International for maltreated Iranian LGBTI+ rights defender

DETAINED NEAR TURKEY-IRAN BORDER

Urgent action by Amnesty International for maltreated Iranian LGBTI+ rights defender

Amnesty International notes that “the Revolutionary Guards arrested Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani, known as Sareh, on October 27, 2021 near Iran-Turkey border while she was attempting to irregularly enter Turkey to seek international protection.”

11 February 2022

Boğaziçi University protests in Ankara: 83 people released

Boğaziçi University protests in Ankara: 83 people released

The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that 83 people who were battered and detained in the capital city have been released.

3 February 2021

Non-pecuniary damages for ill treatment in prison

Non-pecuniary damages for ill treatment in prison

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the prohibition of ill treatment was violated when a convict was kept in a cold room for five days with his hands and feet tied behind his back in what is known as the “hogtie” method, a notorious form of torture.

19 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘396 prisoners filed complaints about torture in 7 months’

JUSTICE MINISTRY

‘396 prisoners filed complaints about torture in 7 months’

Responding to a Parliamentary question by CHP MP Tanrıkulu, Turkey’s Justice Ministry has said, “Fundamental changes have been made in our legislation so that arrestees and convicts will not be subjected to any incidents of maltreatment.”

18 June 2020 Ruken Tuncel

‘Growing Number of Torture Incidents’ on Parliamentary Agenda

‘Growing Number of Torture Incidents’ on Parliamentary Agenda

HDP MP Danış Beştaş has submitted a Parliamentary inquiry into the increasing number of torture incidents, stating that “in contrast to the government’s ‘zero tolerance to torture’ statements, torture has become widespread and, almost, legitimate.”

Joint Statement by Rights Organizations: Investigate Allegations of Torture

JUNE 26 DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE TORTURED

Joint Statement by Rights Organizations: Investigate Allegations of Torture

The Human Rights Association (İHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) have made a joint statement for the press on June 26 Day of Solidarity with the Tortured and called the authorities to investigate the allegations of torture.

Constitutional Court: Police Intervention Violates the Constitution

Constitutional Court: Police Intervention Violates the Constitution

Constitutional Court gave a ruling related to police intervention in teachers’ protesting education system ‘4+4+4’ and decided that police violated the right to assembly and demonstration with ill-treatment.