IHD MERSIN BRANCH WAS RAIDED

25 September 2012

 

Police teams affiliated to Mersin Security Directorate raided on the Human Rights Association’s (İHD) Mersin Branch Office approximately 5 a.m. in the morning of 25 September 2012 (today). The door of the office was opened with dismantling the lock and the office was search for four hours without the presence of the executives.

As far as we could determine 2 hard drives and a laptop were confiscated during the search in which even the locked drawers were opened.  The officers finalised the raid without documenting it at 9 a.m.

The house of Ali Tanrıverdi, the IHD’s Mersin Branch Chairperson, was also raided and he was detained during the synchronised raids in Mersin Province. Ali Tanrıverdi was not allowed to call his lawyer during the raid on his house. Moreover Ali Tanrıverdi and other detainees were restricted to consult their lawyers for 24 hours in the framework of the operation.

 

Human Rights Association (IHD)

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