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Released on the same charge, Ayten Öztürk given two aggravated life sentences

Released on the same charge, Ayten Öztürk given two aggravated life sentences

Facing charges for watching a lynching carried out by others and attending a meting, Ayten Öztürk’s life imprisonment aggravated twice has been upheld.

21 February 2022

Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again

Released twice before in the same trial, Öztürk detained again

Put on trial “because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk” and released to house arrest last week, Ayten Öztürk has been taken into custody again upon the prosecutor’s objection to her release.

‘They said to me, “You will rot in prison”’

AYTEN ÖZTÜRK WRITES FROM PRISON

‘They said to me, “You will rot in prison”’

“I lost 25 kilos in torture. 898 wounds-marks were found in my body. The wounds in my body have healed, but the wounds inside me won’t heal until this injustice is eliminated. Join your voice with mine,” says Ayten Öztürk from her letter from prison.

1 June 2021 Ayça Söylemez

‘She was released in this case before, why is she arrested again?’

‘She was released in this case before, why is she arrested again?’

Put on trial for “watching a lynching on the sidewalk”, Ayten Öztürk appeared before the judge. “You break the law if you rule for her continued arrest to hide torture,” said her attorney Şaraldı, addressing the court board at the hearing.

Defendant on trial ‘because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk’

Defendant on trial ‘because she watched a lynching on the sidewalk’

In the prosecutor’s opinion, it was indicated that Ayten Öztürk, arrested pending trial for three years, “watched a lynching in the neighborhood from a corner”. She now faces aggravated life imprisonment.

1 March 2021 Ayça Söylemez