AAAS Science and Human Rights Program Case Opened Against Human Rights Foundation of Turkey
The government of Turkey has stepped up its efforts to close the Diyarbakir Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture, one of the regional torture treatment centers run by the Ankara-based Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT). The government scheduled a hearing against HRFT lawyer Sezgin Tanrikulu. He is being charged for establishing a medical treatment and rehabilitation center without seeking permission from the relevant authorities. The hearing is scheduled to take place on 19 March 2002