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A blank check : Turkey's post-coup suspension of safeguards against torture.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, [2016].
©2016
Description
47 pages ; 27 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HV8599.T9 B53 2016
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Subject(s)
Torture
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Turkey
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Prevention
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Torture
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Government policy
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Turkey
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Prisoners
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Abuse of
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Turkey
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Police misconduct
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Turkey
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Detention of persons
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Legal status, laws, etc
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Turkey
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Civil rights
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Turkey
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Human rights
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Turkey
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Human Rights Watch (Organization)
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Human Rights Watch (Organization)
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Summary note
"The report, 'A Blank Check: Turkey's Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture,' documents how the weakening of safeguards through decrees adopted under the state of emergency has negatively affected police detention conditions and the rights of detainees. It details 13 cases of alleged abuse, including stress positions, sleep deprivation, severe beatings, sexual abuse, and rape threats, since the coup attempt"--Publisher's description.
Notes
"October 2016"--Table of contents page.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Summary
Recommendations: To the Government of Turkey
To the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
To the United Nations
To Turkey's International Partners
Methodology
I. Background: Coup Attempt and Aftermath
Legal Framework
Torture in Turkey
II. Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture and Ill-treatment: Prolonged Detention without Legal Review
Incommunicado Detention and Denial of Right to Choose Lawyer
Interference with Confidential Access to Counsel
Inadequate Medical Examination
No Access to Medical Examination Reports
No Monitoring of Places of Detention
III. Climate of Fear
IV. Allegations of Ill-treatment and Torture: Incident 1
Incident 2
Incident 3
Incident 4
Incident 5
Incident 6
Incidents 7 and 8
Incident 9
Incident 10
Incident 11
Incident 12
Incident 13
V. A Climate of Impunity for Torture and Ill-treatment
VI. Response of International and Domestic Organizations.
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Turkey's post-coup suspension of safeguards against torture
ISBN
9781623134167
1623134161
OCLC
962853680
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