Item 2 - Application No. 22493/93 Further Observations on behalf of the Applicants Hüseyin and Devrim Berktay v Turkey

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Supplementary observations submitted to the European Commission of Human Rights on behalf of applicants Hüseyin and Devrim Berktay. The observations state that it was at the hands of the police that Devrim Berktay fell from the balcony and it was the same police who prevented his father from taking him to receive treatment, and that the Government has failed to respond effectively to these events in the 22 months since the accident. The observations also state that the police used the medical condition of Devrim to force Hüseyin Berktay to sign a statement that he had not made nor believed to be true, and that the search of the Berktay who performed without a valid search warrant or the applicants' permission.

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