Victim is beaten and detained for a week for attempting to intervene in a police assault.



The victim, named Edel, was with his partner when they witnessed the police, dressed in civilian clothes, physically assaulting a woman. Edel's partner wanted to intervene, but was threatened by the police, so Edel intervened. The police beat him, arrested him and he was missing for a week.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Right to effective legal remedy
Personal security and integrity
Economic and Social Rights
Right to found and join trade unions
Perpetrator
Ministry of the Interior
Police
Military
State security agents
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