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Broadcast ban on Jin News’ reporting of a rape case in Batman, Turkey

Posted on December 7, 2020December 8, 2020 By admin

The investigation by Jin News Agency of a rape case in the Gercüş (Kercews) district of Batman (Elih) in Turkey has revealed that 27 men – including a specialized sergeant, a police officer and village guards – were reportedly involved in the rape of a fifteen-year-old child and forced two women into prostitution.

A Jin News reporter was threatened by soldiers and asked to leave the district when she travelled to Gercüş to follow up on the report in the field. Gercüş Criminal Court of Peace has issued a broadcast ban regarding the news reporting of the the rape incident, reported Jin News. “An access block to our agency’s Gercüş news has been made”, it added.

27 people being investigated for tweeting about it
After the incident was publicly revealed, thousands of people on social media called on the Turkish authorities to reveal the facts of the case using the tag “#GercüşteNeOluyor” (“What is happening in Gercüş?”) via a trending social media campaign.

Police, however, have launched an investigation against 27 citizens due to their social media posts and tweets regarding the rape incident.

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services has been involved in the judicial process and the 15-year-old child has reportedly been placed in a Child Protection First Response Centre in another province. A confidentiality order on the investigation file is in place.

What happened?
When the fifteen-year-old, who lives in Gercüş, visited hospital with a complaint of a stomach ache, it was revealed that she was pregnant. Among the perpetrators, law enforcement officers as well as ranking soldiers, were listed.

According to the investigation files, the perpetrators reportedly forced two women into prostitution. M.A. and V.A., two male suspects from the same village, were arrested. Later, the investigation was expanded. Thirty eight people are included in the case file relating to the child’s rape: reportedly, the majority of the perpetrators are stated to be law enforcement officers, soldiers – either serving with the Turkish police or the army – and village guards.

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The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to  inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….

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