ISTANBUL - A European delegation reports ill-treatment and inter-patient violence in three mental health hospitals after their visit to Turkey in 2006. The report states that Bakırköy hospital in Istanbul is in a better situtation than hospitals in the Anatolian provinces of Elazığ and Samsun.
WASHINGTON - Seeking to move beyond what he calls ’a dark and painful chapter,’ President Obama says CIA officials who used harsh interrogation tactics during the Bush era will not be prosecuted. The legal shield comes as newly released memos detail the range of techniques the CIA was allowed to use