Mykola Gnatovskyy

European anti-torture committee visits jailed PKK leader Öcalan

A three-member delegation from the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has paid a visit to the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, and held consultations with senior Turkish government officials. The visit was conducted last week to examine the treatment and conditions at the ?mral?

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee Head Condemns Bulgaria's Failure to Report Police Brutality Cases

Mykola Gnatovskyy, President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), has argued that police brutality constitutes a systemic problem in Bulgaria.