'Advanced 'Islamist' Democracy' 101 - Father of Gezi protest victim beaten by security forces outside of court

'Advanced 'Islamist' Democracy' 101 - Father of Gezi protest victim beaten by security forces outside of court. (HD).

The father of Gezi protester Mehmet Ayvalıtaş, who died in 2013, was beaten by security forces near an Istanbul courthouse during a scuffle ahead of the sixth hearing into his son’s death on March 25.

The tension was high outside the courthouse before the trial, as police used water cannons against a group of people who came to support Ayvalıtaş’ family. Private security guards in the court house physically prevented the family members from entering the courthouse before the trial on the grounds that the trial had not yet started. Ali Ayvalıtaş, the father of Mehmet Ayvalıtaş, said he was beaten during the scuffle.

“I was battered and beaten. I underwent heart surgery. You took my son away from me and beat me. I am in poor health right now,” said Ali Ayvalıtaş, demanding abatement. Ali Ayvalıtaş was eventually taken to the hospital in a wheelchair after the head of the court demanded an ambulance for him. Hmmm.....Europe should be ashamed to sell out all human rights in exchange for gas coming from this dictatorship. Read the full story here.