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Journalist Metin Göktepe Remembered

Journalist Metin Göktepe Remembered

Dozens of family members, beloved ones and colleagues headed to Kemer Cemetary in Istanbul yesterday to remember journalist Metin Göktepe on the 17th anniversary of his death due to police brutality.

9 January 2013 Elif Akgül

Impunity of Torture

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

Impunity of Torture

In Mardin, the police hustled 19 juvenile demonstrators towards a mine field, beat them and took them in custody. The related administrative investigation was now completed. The Deputy Governor accepted the fact that torture was involved but did not suggest an according punishment.

17 February 2012 Mehmet Atakan Foça

Rape Case Results in Reduced Sentences

Rape Case Results in Reduced Sentences

The Court of Appeals upheld the decision for reduced punishment in the case of the mass rape of a 13-year-old girl based on the assumption that the girl gave her consent to the rape. Lawyer Yalçındağ warned that this is not a single case. The file was forwarded to the ECHR.

2 November 2011 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Policeman who Beat Juvenile Claimed Self-Protection

Policeman who Beat Juvenile Claimed Self-Protection

A police officer who beat and severely a juvenile with a rifle butt said to his defence that his "psychology was in bad condition". The trial was transferred to Isparta for security reasons. Lawyer Ermiş demanded a prosecution under torture allegations.

8 February 2011 Erhan Üstündağ

73 out of 100 People Say Definite "No" to Torture

STRUGGLE AGAINST TORTURE

73 out of 100 People Say Definite "No" to Torture

According to a research on "Othering and Discrimination in Turkey", 27 out of 100 people would approve of torture "in certain situations". Turkish Human Rights Foundation President Korur Fincancı claims that the according percentage among physicians amounts to 34 percent.

28 May 2010 Tolga Korkut

Human Rights Watch: Ergenekon Trial an Oppportunity

Human Rights Watch: Ergenekon Trial an Oppportunity

In its annual report, Human Rights Watch has conceded that there are doubts about the independence of the Turkish judiciary; nevertheless, the Ergenekon trial is considered an opportunity to fight against unwanted military and state interference in political life.

15 January 2009

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