Amnesty International says it also has 'credible evidence' Turkish police are denying detainees water and medical treatment
AROUND 10,000 Turkish troops have been detained and raped, starved and left without water for
days, according to Amnesty International.
The group claim that the detainees, who were imprisoned after the failed military coup, are being held in stables and sports halls.
Disturbing images show soldiers bound and on the floor
In a statement the Human Rights campaigners say they have ‘credible evidence’ that the detainees are being beaten and tortured, in official and unofficial detention centres across the country.
Amnesty International’s Europe director, John Dalhuisen: “Reports of abuse including beatings and rape in detention are extremely alarming, especially given the scale of detentions that we have seen in the past week.
“The grim details that we have documented are just a snapshot of the abuses that might be happening in places of detention.”
The group has called for immediate access to prisoners after the coup a week ago which sparked a brutal crackdown and a three-month state of emergency.
Detained Turkish soldiers who allegedly took part in a military coup arrive with their hands bound behind their backs at the Istanbul Justice Palace GETTY IMAGES
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Detained Turkish soldiers who allegedly took part in a military coup arrive with their hands bound behind their backs at the Istanbul Justice Palace
More than 200 died in the uprising which aimed to topple President Erdogan – and 1,500 were injured.
Dalhuisen said: “It is absolutely imperative that the Turkish authorities halt these abhorrent practices and allow international monitors to visit all these detainees in the places they are being held.”
“Reports of abuse including beatings and rape in detention are extremely alarming, especially given the scale of detentions that we have seen in the past week.
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