“However, a state of emergency does not give the government carte blanche to suspend rights, Human Rights Watch said. The prohibition of torture in international law is absolute and cannot be suspended even in times of war or national emergency. Yet the emergency decrees remove crucial safeguards that protect detainees from ill-treatment and torture.
15-16 Temmuz tarihlerinde en az 241 polis memuru ve vatandaş hayatını kaybetti ve yaklaşık 2 bin kişi de yaralandı. HRW darbeye karşı koyarken yaralanan kişilerle de görüştü.