Switzerland: Alleged use of excessive force by officers of the Bern Municipal Police: The case of Cemal Gömeç

Index Number: EUR 43/007/2001
Date Published: 15 October 2001
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Switzerland

Amnesty International is concerned by the death of Cemal Gömeç in a Bern hospital on 7 July 2001, four days after his arrest by officers attached to the Bern Municipal Police and by reports that police officers used excessive force at the time of arrest.