Tortured detainees imprisoned in Amed

Two adults and two minors who were tortured in police custody in Amed were remanded in custody.

A.E., D.O., S.U, M.A. (17) and his brother M.A. (16) were referred to court after processing at the police directorate. The three adults and two minors gave their statements at the prosecutor’s office and were referred to court with a demand for their arrest. S.U. was released on probation, while A.E., D.O., M.A. and M.A. were arrested and transferred to prison.

TORTURE IN EMPTY LOT

Minors M.A. (17) and A.E. were first taken to an empty lot along the Amed-Silvan road and tortured there, then tortured again at the Diyarbakir Police Directorate.

MOTHER: THEY WERE BLEEDING, COULDN’T STAND UP STRAIGHT

On July 25, M.A.’s brother M.A. (16) was also detained. The children’s mother Fatma A. had said, “When we heard of the detention, I went straight to the Minors Unit. They said they didn’t have him. As I was leaving, I saw my son’s friend in a squad car outside. His face was all messed up. He couldn’t stand up straight. There were bruises on his face (...) They first said they didn’t have him. They sent us on a wild goose chase, while our children were being tortured.”

Akkalin managed to visit her son in the Minors Unit after he was transferred from the Anti-terror Unit: “His face was covered in blood. It was like his ribs were broken. He told me they were taken to an empty lot, stripped down and beaten with the butt of the police officers’ guns and some kind of metal object. They were insulted and the police told them it was their last chance before they would kill them.”