İSTANBUL - Stating that her client, Tenzile Acar, who has tuberculosis, was not examined because she rejected the imposition of a handcuffed examination, Attorney Zeynep Ceren Boztoprak said that if the treatment is given, ATK can issue a report that "she cannot be held in prison".

 

According to the data of the Human Rights Association (İHD) Central Prison Commission, there are a total of 1,517 ill prisoners, 651 of whom are seriously ill. Tenzile Acar, who is on the İHD's list, was detained on March 21, 2017, during an identity check by the police in the Kanarya neighborhood of Küçükçekmece. Acar, who was subjected to torture during her detention, was arrested on charges of "propagandising for a terrorist organisation" and "being a member of a terrorist organisation" and sent to Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison. Acar was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Acar is suffering from both Hepatitis B and Tuberculosis (tuberculosis). Acar's attorney, Zeynep Ceren Boztoprak, stated that her client could not be treated because she did not accept to be examined in handcuffs.

 

THE IMPOSITION OF HANDCUFFED EXAMINATION

 

Stating that Acar had been held in custody for days and that she was tortured, Attorney Boztoprak said: "My client's sentence in the case in which she was tried is now at the Supreme Court. She is not in a condition to stay in prison due to her health. Despite this, she was not transferred to the hospital many times during the 5-6-year prison period. She faced the imposition of a handcuffed examination. As she did not accept the imposition, she could not be treated, examined and she was sent back to prison

 

Stating that her client Acar should be examined without handcuffs, in accordance with human rights and the law, Boztoprak said: "The Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) can issue a report of 'she cannot be held in prison' if her examination is done.

 

'HANDCUFFED EXAMINATION IS A VIOLATION OF RIGHTS'

 

Pointing out that the handcuffed examination is a violation of rights, Boztoprak said: "An ill person who has neither a physical nor a mental condition that would violate security is being examined in handcuffs. There is no way to justify this. There is a report that can get her released but it is not processed for "security reasons".This is a regulation that is applied as a rule to the detriment of political prisoners.”