[1337] in peace2
Turkish National tortured in Alabama
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (perpetual skew line)
Sun Dec 16 01:34:38 2001
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 01:38:58 -0500 (EST)
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From a Turkish friend of mine who has asked to remain anonymous.
I asked him to provide a translation, and I'll forward it if he does.
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In one of the biggest newspapers of Turkey, www.radikal.com.tr, today
there is an article about a Turkish national who was *tortured* by Alabama
police after September 11 incidents. He had a taxi business running with
the necessary papers, such as the greencard. He was put into jail because
he happened to have an accent, and argued with a police officer.
The article reports that he was kept in jail for a week, was not allowed
to call the consulate or a lawyer, beaten up by night stick, and chained
by his ankles. (they have some photos online)
He is back in Turkey now and through American Consulate in Istanbul, he is
sueing the police department.
This kind of articles do not run in www.cnn.com or www.msnbc.com.
I have no comment on this, I just translated the article.
