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Issue of the Amnesty International publication Urgent Action (publication numbers AI EUR 44/51/95) regarding the detainment of Avşar family members. On 7 March 1995, Sedat Avşar and Hasip Avşar, cousins of Behçet Avşar and Şerif Avşar were detained and as of the publication date had not yet been brought to court. On 11 April 1995, Behçet and Şerif's brother Sait Avşar and cousins Ramazan and İlhan Avşar were also detained after having fled Diyarbakır due to threats against the family. Amnesty fears that the five detainees may be interrogated under torture and calls for action.

Statement (in Turkish with English translation) given by Zeki Aksoy to lawyer Sedat Aslantaş detailing his hanging and living conditions while in prison, and the state of his injuries for which he is still undergoing treatment nearly six months later (including the paralysis of his right hand and limited motion in his left hand). Aksoy states that he was ignored by the local prosecutor and mocked in prison when he asked for medical treatment. he also notes the poor sleeping conditions he and his three cellmates endured.

Judgment (in Turkish with English translation) from the Ankara Assize Court (9th Serious Punishment Court) ruling that it does not have jurisdictional authority to prosecute the gendarmes accused of killing Yakup Aktaş under torture and transferring the case to the Court of Cassation (10th Punishment Officer of the Supreme Court). (File pages 93-97)

Judgment (in Turkish with English translation) from the Ankara Assize Court (9th Serious Punishment Court) ruling that it does not have jurisdictional authority to prosecute the gendarmes accused of killing Yakup Aktaş under torture and transferring the case to the Court of Cassation (10th Punishment Officer of the Supreme Court).

Report by the United Nations' Committee against Torture on its inquiry into systematic practices of torture of persons in various premises under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior in Turkey. The report calls for various reforms and notes the discrepancy between the measures taken and intentions expressed by the authorities with regard to action to combat torture and the actual practice followed within the Ministry.

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Statement (in Turkish with English translation) made by Eshat Aktaş noting the delays in receiving any type of communication regarding the progress in the proceedings against the gendarmes accused of killing Yakup Aktaş under torture. (File pages 98-100)

Statement (in Turkish with English translation) made by Eshat Aktaş noting the delays in receiving any type of communication regarding the progress in the proceedings against the gendarmes accused of killing Yakup Aktaş under torture.

Statement (in Turkish with English translation) of Mahmut Şakar, lawyer, of the Human Rights Association in Turkey, sent to the Kurdistan Human Rights Project following the killing of Zeki Aksoy. Şakar notes that Aksoy's father, Mehmet Şerif Aksoy, will continue the application but his name must be kept secret as 'having the surname Aksoy was sufficient enough to be persecuted... ...M. Şerif Aksoy's name must be kept absolutely secret. I believe that we must not be the reason for a second person in one family being killed by reason of the application.' Şakar states that the Aksoy family have been unable to get clear information about Zeki Aksoy's killing, that communications from the European Commission of Human Rights to the Turkish Government are sent to the security forces where applicants live resulting in further inquiries and harassment, and that the Aksoy family have been forced to leave Kızıltepe.

Minutes (in Turkish with English translation) of the hearing of 21 September 1993 before the Mardin Assize Court (Mardin 2nd Criminal Central Court) as part of the proceedings against the gendarmes accused of killing Yakup Aktaş under torture. Eshat Aktaş took part in the hearing as an intervening party. (File pages 101-105)