To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of reports of hunger strikes in Turkish prisons, what representations, if any, they have made to the government of Turkey about prison conditions and the treatment of political prisoners; and whether they will call for full access to prisoners for delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Answered on
19 April 2017
We have called for Turkey to engage with the recommendations by the Council of Europe and other international bodies, including addressing allegations of mistreatment in detention. We have no plans to ask the Turkish government whether it will invite the International Committee of the Red Cross to have access to its prisons.
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office