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Turkey Should Investigate 'Police Violence' Against Protesters: Amnesty
- Amnesty International released a report in March 2025 documenting police violence during largely peaceful nationwide protests in Turkey following the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and 91 others.
- The protests erupted after Imamoglu, a leading opposition figure and presidential candidate, was detained on March 19 on corruption charges viewed as politically motivated amid a broader crackdown.
- Amnesty conducted interviews with 17 demonstrators and examined legal documents, medical records, and video footage that revealed law enforcement employing tear-inducing chemicals, chemical irritants, high-pressure liquid sprays, and impact weapons at close distances, frequently aiming at individuals' heads and upper torsos without providing sufficient warnings for dispersal.
- One man recounted being assaulted by six or seven riot police officers who kicked and punched him, causing some of his teeth to loosen. Meanwhile, a 27-year-old student described being pulled along while on her knees and struck multiple times, expressing fear for her life amid threats of further violence.
- Amnesty called on Turkish authorities to conduct swift investigations into all reports of cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment potentially amounting to torture, to hold those responsible accountable in just legal proceedings, and to offer compensation to the victims, as prosecutions and pretrial detentions involving over 300 individuals continue.
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Amnesty International calls for investigation into alleged police torture during March protests in Türkiye
Amnesty International on Wednesday called upon Turkish authorities to investigate widespread allegations of police violence during largely peaceful protests held across the country recently, and sounded alarm of potential acts of torture as defined under international law. According to Amnesty, law enforcement used tear-gas, pepper spray, water cannons, and kinetic impact projectiles against peaceful protesters, often at close range, targeting t…
Türkiye: “I Cannot Breathe” Allegations of torture and other ill-treatment in the context of mass protests between 19 - 26 March must be investigated - Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s research into the policing of protests that took place across the country in March 2025 in response to the detention and subsequent remanding in pre-trial detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has found clear patterns of police unlawful use of force during and after protests which, at times, may have amounted to torture […]
AI: Unlawful use of force by police against protestors in Turkey may amount to torture
Turkish authorities must carry out prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigations into alleged human rights violations committed by law enforcement officials throughout mass protests in March 2025, some of which may amount to torture, said Amnesty International in new research findings. “I cannot breathe”: Allegations of torture and other ill-treatment during protests in March documents police violence during and in the aftermath o…
Turkey must probe ’police violence’ against protesters: Amnesty
Amnesty International called on Turkish authorities Thursday to launch an investigation into alleged "police violence" during a wave of protests this year, saying some instances "could amount to acts of torture".
Protests against the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul are violently repressed by law enforcement officials. Some treatments may even be tantamount to torture, according to the findings of an investigation conducted by Amnesty International. ...
Turkiye should investigate ‘police violence’ against protesters:
Amnesty International called on Turkish authorities Thursday to launch an investigation into alleged “police violence” during a wave of protests this year, saying some instances “could amount to acts of torture.”
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