383 Police Officers Charged with Torture
497 people have applied to the Izmir Bar Torture Prevention Group in the last 2 years saying they were tortured. According to a report, 67 of them were women, and 121 of them were under 18. 383 police are being charged with torture in 97 trials.
Since February 2002, a total of 497 people have applied to the Torture Prevention Group of the Izmir Bar saying they had been tortured.
The Izmir Bar's Torture Prevention Group, in a statement, said the following data were based on applications made from February 2002 to April 22, 2004.
Out of those 497 people who applied to the Torture Prevention Group till April 22, 2004, 121 were under 18. Sixty-seven of them were women.
Ninety-seven of 268 legal proceedings are at the trial stage.
In those 97 trials, a total of 383 police officers are being charged for torture and bad treatment.
The Izmir Bar's Torture Prevention Group will soon publish a detailed activity report. (YS/BB/EA/YE)
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