Haci Bayancik was arrested in Adana in southern Turkey on 5 September on suspicion of being a member of the armed opposition group Hizbullah. He is being held in incommunicado detention and according to his family, has a brain tumor which causes him to have frequent epileptic fits. He has been held at the Anti-Terrorist branch of Diyarbakir police headquarters since 9 September and is at risk of torture or ill-treatment.
