Turkey: Tens of cases of torture of prisoners after the coup attempt were recorded by HRW
Many of the persons arrested after the failed coup of July 15 in Turkey were "torture or ill-treatment", today denounced the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), stressing that the state of emergency which was imposed immediately after the country remains effect gives "carte blanche" to the security services to carry out abuses.
Decrees adopted under the state of emergency had "adverse effects on the conditions of detention in police stations" and more generally for "the rights of prisoners," said HRW in its report, 43 pages extent.
sleep deprivation, beatings, sexual abuse and threats of rape included in the 13 most serious incidents recorded by HRW, which interviewed more than 40 people, including lawyers, forensic and former prisoners.
A man, Ejup Birintzi complained in Antalya prosecutor that police officers failed blows "soles of the feet", "abdominal" and threatened him "castrate" as recorded in the NGO report.
Human Rights Watch speaks about a "generalized climate of fear" after the attempted coup that occurred on the night of 15th to July 16th.
The state of emergency, initially imposed for three months after the failed coup, was extended for another 90 days on October 19th. Under the state of emergency extended the duration of lawful detention without charge to 30 days.
For Hugh Williamson, Head of Division of HRW for Europe and Central Asia, with the "suspension of guarantees against torture, the Turkish government has practically carte blanche to the services responsible for law enforcement to torture and mistreating prisoners at will. "
"The prohibition of torture under international law is absolute and can not be suspended even in times of war or national emergency situation", stated in the HRW report.
According to the report, one officer threatened a prisoner saying: "because of the state of emergency, no one cared if I kill. Just to say that I shot while trying to escape. " The text added that the threat is heard relative of another prisoner.
The non-governmental organization Amnesty International had announced in July that brought together "credible evidence" on the commission of torture, including rape, against persons who were detained in Turkey after the coup attempt.
So far there has been no official comment by the Turkish government on the report by HRW. An official from the Turkish Government had considered "absurd" allegations by Amnesty International and categorically denied that torture took place.
Over 35,000 people have been arrested as part of investigations into the attempted military coup, said Saturday the Minister of Justice of Turkey Bekir Bozntag.
The Bozntag in his post on social networking site Twitter Sunday assured that no torture or ill-treatment perpetrated in Turkish prisons and considered that the Turkish government challenged unjustly, and promised to create a special unit to be investigated such complaints.
Turkey launched a massive undertaking suppression of alleged supporters of exile Islamist preacher of Fethullah Gülen, which the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan characterizes the brain of the failed military coup. Among the persons who have been arrested and officers are simply members of the army, police, teachers, judges and others.
Many of the persons arrested after the failed coup of July 15 in Turkey were "torture or ill-treatment", today denounced the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), stressing that the state of emergency which was imposed immediately after the country remains effect gives "carte blanche" to the security services to carry out abuses.
Decrees adopted under the state of emergency had "adverse effects on the conditions of detention in police stations" and more generally for "the rights of prisoners," said HRW in its report, 43 pages extent.
sleep deprivation, beatings, sexual abuse and threats of rape included in the 13 most serious incidents recorded by HRW, which interviewed more than 40 people, including lawyers, forensic and former prisoners.
A man, Ejup Birintzi complained in Antalya prosecutor that police officers failed blows "soles of the feet", "abdominal" and threatened him "castrate" as recorded in the NGO report.
Human Rights Watch speaks about a "generalized climate of fear" after the attempted coup that occurred on the night of 15th to July 16th.
The state of emergency, initially imposed for three months after the failed coup, was extended for another 90 days on October 19th. Under the state of emergency extended the duration of lawful detention without charge to 30 days.
For Hugh Williamson, Head of Division of HRW for Europe and Central Asia, with the "suspension of guarantees against torture, the Turkish government has practically carte blanche to the services responsible for law enforcement to torture and mistreating prisoners at will. "
"The prohibition of torture under international law is absolute and can not be suspended even in times of war or national emergency situation", stated in the HRW report.
According to the report, one officer threatened a prisoner saying: "because of the state of emergency, no one cared if I kill. Just to say that I shot while trying to escape. " The text added that the threat is heard relative of another prisoner.
The non-governmental organization Amnesty International had announced in July that brought together "credible evidence" on the commission of torture, including rape, against persons who were detained in Turkey after the coup attempt.
So far there has been no official comment by the Turkish government on the report by HRW. An official from the Turkish Government had considered "absurd" allegations by Amnesty International and categorically denied that torture took place.
Over 35,000 people have been arrested as part of investigations into the attempted military coup, said Saturday the Minister of Justice of Turkey Bekir Bozntag.
The Bozntag in his post on social networking site Twitter Sunday assured that no torture or ill-treatment perpetrated in Turkish prisons and considered that the Turkish government challenged unjustly, and promised to create a special unit to be investigated such complaints.
Turkey launched a massive undertaking suppression of alleged supporters of exile Islamist preacher of Fethullah Gülen, which the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan characterizes the brain of the failed military coup. Among the persons who have been arrested and officers are simply members of the army, police, teachers, judges and others.
