Human rights activist, deputy chair and Diyarbakir Branch director of Human Rights Association (İHD) Raci Bilici is detained this morning in a police raid to his house.
Deputy chair and
Diyarbakir Branch director of Human Rights Association Raci Bilici is
detained this morning in a police raid to his house.
İHD Diyarbakir Branch stated that they cannot get any information about the ground of detention.
According Hürriyet daily, Bilici is detained as part of the investigation carried out by Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) also demanded immediate release, stating, “Oppression and detention of human rights activists is unacceptable.”
Bilici is one of the teachers who had been dismissed in Diyarbakir on September 8, 2016.