HL Deb 20 July 1995 vol 566 c52WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What reports they have received about the arrest in Ankara on 6th July of 244 people, including 2 children, on the instructions of Mr. Nusret Demirel, the Chief Prosecutor of the State Security Court, and of the ill-treatment of some of the detainees, and whether they will draw these events to the attention of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

We understand that of the 242 people arrested after demonstrations outside the Turkish State Security Court on 6 July, 211 have now been released. We regularly make clear our concern about human rights in Turkey, including the question of arbitrary detentions. We prefer to do so by means of direct representations to the Turkish Government.