Three prisoners on hunger strike in Afyon No. 1 T Type Prison tortured, say families
It was stated that 3 prisoners who went on hunger strike in Afyon No. 1 T Type Prison were tortured and taken out of their wards. No news has been heard since.
Rızgar Turhan, Cumali Yıldırım and Mehmet Emin went on hunger strike on 25 May to protest the torture practices in Afyon No. 1 T Type Closed Prison. They were tortured and forcibly removed from their wards on 26 May.
Shahriban Turhan, mother of one of the detainees Rızgar Turhan, said that the lawyer called them and informed them about the situation. "The lawyer told us that they had tortured everyone who entered the ward at night. They took Turhan, Cumali Yıldırım and Mehmet Emin away. We have had no news since then. We are very worried.”
Turhan’s mother said that they called the prison administration but the officers did not give them any information. “We have no information about where they have taken our sons and their condition. Their lack of information worries us a lot," she said.
Turhan called on the public to be sensitive to the torture in prisons.
