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PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 13/003/2008
08 January 2008
Further Information on UA 104/07
(MDE 13/051/2007, 3 May 2007) Fear of torture or ill-treatment/ Medical
concern
IRAN Hasan Hikmet Demir (m), also
known as Agit, Turkish national
Hasan Hikmet Demir, a Turkish
national and member of a Kurdish opposition party, was reportedly hanged in
Khoy prison on 20 December 2007.
He is believed to have escaped
from Oroumieh prison in northwestern Iran in the course of 2006 but was
recaptured in April 2007 in the region of Khoy, 96km north of Oroumieh. As a
result of freezing temperatures during the time of his arrest he suffered
frostbite in his legs. Though Hasan Hikmet Demir had initially refused to have
one leg amputated, it is reported that one leg was removed just above the knee.
It is not known if Hasan Hikmet Demir had given permission for this surgery.
Information received by Amnesty International on 8 January suggests that he did
not receive adequate medical treatment and was tortured in Khoy prison in the
months prior to his execution.
Many thanks to all who sent
appeals. No further action is requested.
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