Turkey: Torture has reached “unprecedented levels”
Kurdish political prisoners were tortured & forced to attempt suicide by around 60 guards at an Constantinople prison
Turkish political prisoners left out of plan to reduce jail population
Rights advocates have criticized lawmakers for not extending the measures to jailed journalists, human rights advocates & politicians
Sex offenders may walk as lawmakers mull releasing one in three Turkish prisoners
The proposal would release prisoners convicted of sexual assault, gender-based violence and drug trafficking but it will not extend to political prisoners