Türkei
Background
With support from various associations, MdM presented a report on medical and psychological aftereffects in former prisoners. Despite legislative progress concerning the legal attitude towards torture, formulated with a view to potential EU membership, prisoners and political opponents still experience discrimination and abuse. In addition, renewed demands for Kurdish recognition brings fears of new tensions within the country.
Support for victims of political violence
»ACTIVITIES
MdM has carried out a study gathering together medical observations relating to the medical and psychological aftereffects of 60 former prisoners subjected to torture and solitary confinement over a period of many years. This report, presented at a conference organised in Istanbul in December, with the participation of medical and legal associations present in Turkey, has been sent to different European authorities including the European Court of Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, National Consultative Commission for Human Rights, International Observatory on Prisons.
»OUTLOOK
MdM will continue with this programme, concentrating its work on migrants in one area of Istanbul.