On 20 July Osman Ekinci, Hasan Ekinci, Agit Ceker and Ramazan Gecgel, all shepherds, were detained by three soldiers attached to the gendarmerie post at Gorendoruk (Kurdish: Memiran). According to reports, the detainees were beaten over a period of about 13 hours. As a result of this ill-treatment,...
This statement of Amnesty International’s concerns was presented on 7 August 1991. Despite recent statements by the Government of Indonesia regarding human rights, AI remains concerned about serious abuses. Reports indicate that a pattern of short-term detention, torture and ill-treatment...