UN Committee Against Torture

UN Committee: Switzerland Shouldn’t Deport Turkish Couple to Kosovo

The UN Committee Against Torture said in a decision that the Swiss government should not deport a Turkish couple who are alleged members of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen's network to Kosovo because "they would face a real risk of being forcibly transferred to and subjected to torture in Turkey".

Activists to Report Serbia to UN for Extraditing Kurd

The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and Cevdet Ayaz's former lawyer Ana Trkulja will lodge a complaint against Serbia for ignoring the UN Committee Against Torture request not to send the Kurdish activist and victim of torture to Turkey.

"[Serbia] extradited him despite the decision of the Committee, so that's where the complaint against Serbia will be filed," Trkulja told BIRN.

Kurdish man extradited to Turkey despite UN recommendation

This happened despite "the decision" of the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) that Serbia should refrain from doing so, the Belgrade-based website Insajder reported on Tuesday, according to Beta.

Ayaz has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Turkey for undermining the country's constitutional order.

Serbia Ignores UN and Extradites Kurd to Turkey

Serbia has extradited a Kurdish activist, Cevdet Ayaz, to Turkey, despite the UN Committee Against Torture saying Serbia should not forcibly remove him until procedures before this body ended.

"His brother called me this morning from Istanbul and told me he got information from the police station that Ayaz was extradited," his lawyer, Ana Trkulja, said on Tuesday.