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The Constitutional Court has ruled that Nuray Zencir, who was battered during a demonstration, was subjected to treatment incompatible with human dignity.

The legal regulation pertaining to “strip search” in prison has been amended: “Respect for human dignity and honor and non-violation of the sense of shame is essential in searches and counts. All necessary measures shall be taken within this scope.”

The Health and Social Service Laborers’ Union (SES) has denounced the incident where a nurse working in a public hospital in Antalya was forced to write down “I am and idiot, I left my post” for 500 times as a punishment for leaving her place of duty.