Public Statement: Turkey: Historic torture verdict confirmed by Appeal …

14/11/2013 – On 11 November, Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of 11 public officials following the death in custody of Engin Çeber in 2008. A prison director and two prison guards received life sentences for causing Engin Çeber’s death through torture, the first time that such a conviction has been handed down in Turkey where impunity for torture has been the norm.
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