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Rights Violations Behind Bars: Mehmet Emin Çam

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VICTIM            : Mehmet Emin ÇAM
INCIDENT
      : A 73-year-old seriously ill prisoner, who suffered two heart attacks in prison, continues to be held in detention.
LOCATION
    : Batman, Turkey
SITUATION
   : Sentenced to 9 years in prison on charges of “Membership in an Armed Organization.”

Case Summary

Mehmet Emin Çam, 73 years old and held in Beşiri Type T Closed Penal Institution, suffered two heart attacks while in prison. Çam, who also suffers from kidney disease, has undergone two kidney surgeries and cataract surgery, has myopic astigmatism in his eyes, has completely lost hearing in his right ear, and struggles to walk due to partial paralysis on his left side.² Despite all these conditions, the Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) issued a report stating that he is “fit to remain in prison.” His lawyers have filed multiple requests for postponement of his sentence, but these applications were rejected despite medical reports. Most recently, Çam applied to the Ministry of Justice to benefit from the “Presidential Pardon.” The prisoner and his concerned family are waiting for their request to be accepted this time.3

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Contact

Beşiri (Batman) Type T Closed Penal Institution

Phone: 488) 311 38 83 – 84

Mail: batman.ttkcikisaret@adalet.gov.tr

General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses

Phone: (0312) 507 04 00 – (0312) 507 04 01

Mail: cte@adalet.gov.tr 

Ministry of Justice – Republic of Türkiye

Phone: +90 (0312) 417 77 70

Mail: info@adalet.gov.tr

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