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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".
Serbia Jailing Kurdish Politician ‘Unlawfully’, Rights Groups Say
Serbia has delayed until further notice the extradition of Ecevit Piroglu, a Kurdish politician and activist wanted by Turkey for terrorism, but has still kept him locked up after his one-year custody sentence expired on June 24.
UN Tells Bosnia to Apologise to Wartime Rape Victim
The UN Committee Against Torture has ruled that the Bosnian authorities must pay compensation to a victim of sexual violence during the 1992-95 war and provide her with appropriate and free medical and psychological help as soon as possible.
Abandoned by the State: Bosnia’s Wartime Torture Victims
Alic says that he still remembers everything about his ordeal, and is still woken from sleep by nightmares, 27 years afterwards. What also angers him is that the state does not seem to care about him and the other detainees and torture victims of the 1992-95 war.
Dacic Pledge to Turkey Worries Serbian Rights Advocates
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic's pledge that Belgrade will "not shelter anyone who fights against Turkish interests" has alarmed rights lawyers in Serbia, who warn that extraditions could violate Serbian laws and international obligations.
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.
Serbia Routinely Ignoring Human Rights Rulings, Experts Say
After Serbia ignored the advice of the UN Committee Against Torture and extradited Kurdish political activist Cevdet Ayaz to Turkey, activists and experts have accused of Belgrade of disrespecting important human rights bodies.
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.
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Serbia yet to extradite Kurdish man wanted by Turkey
Ayaz has yet not received the decision on his extradition to Turkey, the agency said, quoting his lawyer Ana Trkulja.
Ayaz is a Kurd and a Turkish citizen who has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Turkey for undermining the country's constitutional order.