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HRW urges Turkey to probe alleged torture

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ISTANBUL (AFP) - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday (July 29) called on the Turkish government to investigate 'serious abuses' allegedly committed by police and 'nightwatchmen' against more than a dozen people in the south-east and in Istanbul.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ISTANBUL - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on the Turkish government to investigate"serious abuses" allegedly committed by police and"nightwatchmen" against more than a dozen people in the south-east and in Istanbul.

Under the law, the nightwatchmen are allowed to carry firearms and have the powers to stop and search people during neighbourhood patrols. In two incidents, police dogs were set on people in their homes, leaving them with bite marks on their limbs, the report said.

 

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