The guards raided the wards in Afyonkarahisar No. 1 T Type Closed Prison and prisoners were subjected to torture. The detainees said that they will go on hunger strike today to protest the violations of their rights.
Pressure, violations of rights and torture against detainees in prisons continue to increase. It was reported that 16 detainees held in Afyonkarahisar No. 1 T Type Closed Prison were subjected to torture when their wards were raided and they did not accept the standing count. The prisoners said that they will go on hunger strike today.
Prisoner Cumali Yıldırım talked about the rights violations they were subjected to at a visit he held with his family. He said that their wards were raided, they were tortured and beaten because they refused to obey to a standing count order. Yıldırım said: "Our friend Turan Bilen was dragged to the ground. We were beaten and insulted. We responded to the situation with the slogan 'Human dignity will defeat torture.'
