HR Activists: Death of Kurdish prisoner who pulled Turkish flag down is ‘suspicious’.

HR Activists: Death of Kurdish prisoner who pulled Turkish flag down is ‘suspicious’. (HD).

The death of the man imprisoned for attempting to pull down a Turkish flag should be investigated, Turkish human rights activists said July 14.

Ali Uçkun, 28, was found hanged in a cell at Istanbul’s Metris prison July 9, 10 days after he had been arrested while trying to pull down a flag at a police station.

Uçkun was charged with “propagating a terrorist organization,” “committing crime on behalf of a terrorist organization” and “publicly humiliating the Turkish national flag.”

“We do not condone the incident [of June 28]. However, Uçkun was diagnosed with schizophrenia [80 percent] and should have been hospitalized for treatment instead of being put in jail,” Turkey-based Human Rights Association’s chairman Abdulbaki Boga told reporters on July 14, before filing a criminal complaint about the Istanbhmmmmul Chief Prosecutor.Hmmmm.....Previous time Turkish flag was removed PM Erdogan said: "those who sent him to do that and those who tolerated to the incident will pay the price." Read the full story here.