Rights Group Says Ankara Police Using Threats, Deception to Recruit Informants: Report - Turkish Minute

Rights group says Ankara police using threats, deception to recruit informants: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Police and intelligence officers in the Turkish capital of Ankara have used threats, deception and off-the-books interrogations since 2023 to pressure students, activists and relatives of detainees to become informants, according to a new report by the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) Ankara branch. The report, titled “Special Report on Coercion, Threats, Deception to Obtain Information, Forced Informant Recruitment, and Abductions in Ankara,” d…

Rights group says Ankara police using threats, deception to recruit informants: report - Turkish Minute

Police and intelligence officers in the Turkish capital of Ankara have used threats, deception and off-the-books interrogations since 2023 to pressure students, activists and relatives of detainees to become informants, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) Ankara branch. A report by the İHD, titled “Special Report on Coercion, Threats, Deception to Obtain Information, Forced Informant Recruitment…