IHD Balance - May 1996

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Human Rights Association (IHD)
Balance Of Human Rights Violations In Turkey - April/May 1996

Attacks by "unknown assailants"                 3
Deaths in detention or from torture             28
Killed in fighting                              433
Civilians killed                                12
Civilians wounded                               12
Disappeared in police custody                   2
Cases of torture                                35
Arrests                                         2,860
Persons jailed                                  234
Villages depopulated or destroyed               6
Bomb attacks                                    17
Associations, unions, publications banned       18
Press workers arrested                          48
Press organs confiscated                        27


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