A 14-year-old boy named Y.D. was abducted by the police in a vehicle on 21 March while he was walking around Lice with a 10-year-old friend, and he was brutally tortured while his hands and feet were tied. Forced to say he was Turkish, Y.D was later threatened with death and forced to insult Kurds and sing the Turkish national anthem.

After being tortured, Y.D. was thrown into a swamp with his mouth and hands tied. A farmer noticed the boy at night and took him to the hospital. The child risks losing an eye.

After the news of this torture was published in the Mesopotamia Agency, an investigation was opened. As a result of the investigation, 5 police officers were taken into custody and three of them, Ismail Akkuş, Emre Özcan and Gökhan Bay, were sent to prison on 26 March charged with "deliberate injury".

The other two officers, police chief Aykut Oral and officers Hayrettin Çakmak, were released on the condition of judicial control by the Lice Criminal Judgeship of Peace.

Amed Bar Association said that eventually the three detained police officers were also released.

“The Lice Criminal Court of First Instance had given a decision of non-jurisdiction on the grounds that the actions of the police officers against the 14-year-old boy were within the scope of the 'Crime of Torture'. Upon the objection of the accused police officers, the Diyarbakır 1st High Criminal Court not only lifted the decision of non-jurisdiction on the grounds that the elements of the crime of torture did not occur, but also decided to release the three detained police officers by a majority of votes. We will continue to follow the legal process."