Kurdish bombmaker fights extradition to Turkey because if he returns women police officers might squeeze his genitals again

A Kurdish bombmaker battling against extradition to Turkey claims local police tortured him by squeezing his testicles and assaulted him with a baton. Demhat Kaya, 27, was sentenced to six years in Turkey for possessing bombs and bomb-making equipment in Diyarbakir after his appeal was rejected in November 2022. He then fled the country to seek asylum in the UK in March 2023, telling Westminster Magistrates’ Court that he and his family were targeted for their links to the now-defunct…

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