The only defendant of the lawsuit filed for the villagers, who were detained and tortured in 2017 in Gevaş district of Van, was acquitted.
Following the letter sent by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) Human Rights Monitoring Committee Directorate to Gevaş Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, an investigation had been started on the incident. During the investigation, the villagers have identified seven police officers torturing them. However, verdicts of non-prosecution were issued for six police officers and a lawsuit was filed only against O.Ş. After a two-year prosecution, the defendant police officer was acquitted as well, despite all video and voice recordings as well as photographs proving torture. Issuing the verdict of acquittal, Gevaş Criminal Court of First Instance claimed that the faces not being clearly identified due to the low quality of visual recordings.
24.04.2019
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