Based on interviews with 58 victims, survivors, relatives, and witnesses of violations, as well as various representatives of non-governmental organizations, journalists, activists, and researchers, this report documents abductions, arbitrary arrests, unlawful detentions, including of children, sexual violence, and torture by the various factions of the SNA, the Military Police, a force established to curb such abuses, and members of the Turkish Armed Forces and Turkish intelligence agencies,
quent quentin, she led the charge to rye to abolish the death penalty on proposition 34. she saw this firsthand what had taken place in terms of the fact that it had not increased public safety. of course, in proposition 34, there were victims restitution efforts that we included where those who were convicted and had received a sentence of life in imprisonment without parole, have to work and their salaries, of course, would be paid to the victims families. that s not much for the loss of a family member. it was an effort to acknowledge that this was wrong and we in no way believe by abolishing the death penalty and replace it, there s not still a need for punishment. finally, let me just say, we know it does not increase public safety. elected officials who will not understand that and who there are many who do this for political reasons, who support the death penalty and it s tough