Posted on 08/17/2016 7:36:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Turkish authorities have been hard-pressed to find room for the 35,000 people that have been detained since the coup attempt last month that killed more than 270 people. Currently 23,400 people are in custody in connection to coup allegations, a Turkish official said Wednesday.
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Human rights groups and opposition politicians have voiced concerns over the wave of detentions immediately after the coup attempt. Soldiers and officers sympathetic to it were rounded up and detained, handcuffed in their underwear in sports halls and stadiums.
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In the letter, the parliamentarians said they had asked that a delegation be set up to investigate growing accusations of rights abuses, including torture and beatings.
“Following the July 15 coup, human rights abuses are growing in the prison system with tens of thousands of new detainees,” the statement said.
Mr. Bozdag responded to such allegations, saying in a television interview earlier this month that there is no torture in Turkish prisons.
“It is not possible that there is torture in our jails. If such a thing has occurred, if anyone is making such a claim, they should write to the ministry, they should write their name and who did it to them and we will immediately do what is necessary,” he said in an interview posted on the Justice Ministry’s website.
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If killary wins I wonder how many of us she will put in prison? I know her killarycare will take many of us out.
I thought they dumped their prisoners in Greece.
Turkey is now an Islamic state, no more an ally of the US. And our fearless leader Obummer supports this garbage. We have elected the enemy.....but you knew that.
I sure hope Kerry’s visit there wasn’t to bring these criminals into the USA.
Probably doing 1000 lobotomies per day.
Obama and Hillary are taking notes.
I think part of the plot of A Clockwork Orange was that criminals needed to be released in order to make room for political prisoners.
obunghole will be waiting with jets to bring them here.
Sounds like the Midnight Express finally pulled into the station.
Life imitates art.
Also, many revolutionary governments have used criminals as de facto paramilitary shock troops against the populace. Criminal auxiliaries, as it were.
that really needs a barf alert
Yes, that was the final and surprise horror of the film.
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