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did nothing. The guardian wrote on the prison entry report that the complainant had
declared that he was in good health. The complainant claims that the prison authorities tried
to force him to sign the report, but he refused and wrote on it: “I have been tortured, I don’t
have good health”.
2.16 On 27 June 2014, the complainant had a meeting with a member of the management
of the prison, to whom he showed his injuries. However, no measures were taken to
investigate the alleged torture. On 30 June 2014, he visited the prison’s medical service,
where he again showed his wounds, but the doctor there did nothing. The complainant
asked for his clinical file, but the medical service staff refused to provide it. He then
submitted another application to the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the prison’s
management to be seen by a doctor. On 1 and 4 July 2014, the complainant had meetings
with members of the prison’s management and asked for a doctor. On 8 July 2014, the
complainant’s brother went to the Public Prosecutor’s Office requesting the intervention of
a doctor to treat the complainant’s injuries. On 8 July 2014, the doctor at the prison’s
medical service attended the complainant but stated that the complainant had not informed
him about the allegations of torture during his previous visit on 30 June 2014.
2.17 The complainant states that during his stay in La Stampa he was locked up several
times in a “blue cell”, without clothes, as a disciplinary measure. He indicates that the cell
contained a machine that was supposed to function as an air conditioner. He claims that the
machine made an unbearable noise that disturbed prisoners’ sleep and that, when it was
switched off, it was impossible to breathe. He further asserts that during his stay in the
“blue cell” he was interrogated several times by the Swiss police, was forced to listen to
satanic music and was not allowed to sleep. The complainant also states that on 22
December 2014 the management of La Stampa wrote a letter to judge E.M., referring to the
complainant’s statement regarding “750 Kg of C-4” during the interrogation carried out by
a police officer and during which he was not represented by a lawyer.
2.18 The complainant maintains that on 29 December 2014 he received a communication
from the director of La Stampa regarding the submission of a request to be transferred to
the Thorberg high security prison, in the Canton of Bern, to which the judge had previously
agreed. He claims that on 30 December 2014 the decision to have him transferred was
taken, disregarding his right to a defence.
2.19 On 5 January 2015, the complainant was transferred to Thorberg prison. During the
transfer, he was taken to the central police station in Bern, where he was burned again
under the nipples. He also claims that his mouth and nose were covered with a tissue
soaked with a substance, that he was injected with a substance that made him feel weak and
that he was made to lie or sit on the floor. His head was covered, his hands and feet were
tied, and he was taken to a place where he remained tied to a chair. The complainant further
asserts that the prison authorities tried to force him, by making threats, into signing a
statement declaring that what he had declared to the authorities was not true and that after
completing his sentence he would like to return to Turkey. The complainant states that upon
his arrival in prison he requested the prison director to investigate his allegations of torture.
On 6 January 2015, a doctor visited him but he just took photographs of his injuries. On the
same date, the complainant talked to the prison psychiatrist about the acts of torture he had
suffered.
2.20 The complainant further notes that on 14 January 2015 he sent a letter to the
President of Switzerland, Simonetta Sommaruga. In that letter he referred to the crimes
allegedly committed by Swiss officials against him, to which no answer was given. On 16
February 2015, he was visited by the public prosecutor Thomas Perler.
2.21 The complainant alleges that on 17 February 2015 he was taken to the Embassy of
Turkey and was threatened with being bitten by a dog. He also argues that inside the
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