Publication Date:
Tue, 2010-11-23 22:33
The
defendants were serving in a paramilitary force that transferred political
prisoners in 2000 from Istanbul's Bayrampasa prison to new, maximum-security
prisons to stop frequent rioting.
The
inmates were protesting the move from large wards to smaller cells.
Twenty-six
defendants attended Tuesday's opening hearing in Istanbul. They are also
accused of attempting to murder 29 other inmates by using excessive force,
including lethal quantities of tear gas in small prison cells.
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