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'Did CPT delegation meet PKK leader Öcalan in prison?'

'Did CPT delegation meet PKK leader Öcalan in prison?'

The CPT reportedly neither confirmed nor denied the allegations that Öcalan did not show up during a visit in September.

30 November 2022

CPT reports stress overcrowding, ill-treatment in Turkey's prisons

CPT reports stress overcrowding, ill-treatment in Turkey's prisons

Reports of the visits by CPT delegations' visits to Turkey in 2017 and 2019 have been released.

Committee for Prevention of Torture Visits İmralı Prison

Committee for Prevention of Torture Visits İmralı Prison

A delegation of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture from the Council of Europe examined the conditions of detention on the island of İmralı, where PKK leader Öcalan is imprisoned among five other convicts.

28 January 2010 Tolga Korkut