Amnesty International slams Kurdish clamp-down on dissent

Amnesty International slams Kurdish clamp-down on dissent

LONDON--The authorities in Kurdistan have been clamping down on protests and criticism, arresting and detaining illegally journalists and demonstrators, claims Amnesty International in a new report.

The organisation has called subsequent trials a travesty of justice with defendants later being further charged for claiming in court that they had been tortured when in custody.

Individuals had disappeared into custody and friends and relatives were unable to establish their whereabouts, sometimes for months.