Case 22_49
22_49 interference
49. Turkish control. She states that she received some very violent blows to her
body including a powerful punch in the abdomen. She was put into a room
with only a small opening used as an entrance, with other Greek Cypriots
who had been taking part in the demonstration. She was then transported by
bus with other detainees to “Pavlides Garage”. She states that during her
journey she was subjected to assaults, beatings and gestures of a sexual
nature by the persons who detained her. The crowd outside the garage was
swearing, shouting abuse and threats as well as throwing stones at the
garage some of which came through the roof. She was not given any
medical attention despite being badly hurt. She claims that she was singled
out, being a lawyer and a spokesperson, to suffer particularly harsh and
humiliating treatment at the garage. She alleges that she was interrogated in
the garage. At one point in the early hours of the morning she states that
after making a request to be allowed to sit on the grandstands in the garage
the officers detaining her ordered her to sit on the floor in front of one of
them between the iron bars that held the basket of the basketball in place
and to stretch her legs over a small wall which was on the side of the
entrance to the garage. She refused to do so and then she alleges that she
was violently dragged to a car and then transported to Seray police station.