22 lawyers, victims seek to defend current law on torture in Constitutional Court

Twenty-two people, who include lawyers, academics, politicians and torture victims have applied to the Constitutional Court, seeking to defend the current law on torture.

The law on torture is that once a suspect proves that he or she was tortured during arrest or detention by State security agencies, the court dismisses the original charges against the accused person, regardless of how strong the evidence is in the initial charges.

However, this position is currently being challenged before the Constitutional Court by three petitioners who are all lawyers by profession.