TOKYO, April 20 (Xinhua) — The Japanese authorities was ordered by a Tokyo court docket on Thursday to pay damages to the tune of 220,000 yen (1,600 U.S. {dollars}) to a Kurdish man who claimed he was assaulted when forcibly restrained at a detention middle in 2019.
Some actions taken by employees at an immigration middle north of Tokyo in Ibaraki Prefecture have been adjudged by the Tokyo District Court to be unlawful, together with when the person’s arms have been raised and handcuffed and a employees member jammed his thumb below his chin.
“They were illegal, as such actions exceeded what was deemed reasonably necessary,” Presiding Judge Kenji Shinoda famous, though saying the 44-year-old Kurdish man, named Deniz, being held in isolation was lawful.
According to the criticism, Deniz, who opted to go by his first identify solely, was detained on the Higashi-Nihon Immigration Center in February 2017 after his software for refugee standing had been denied. In 2019, Deniz, who was nonetheless detained on the middle, was not given treatment he requested for and shouted on account of the stress he was feeling.
As employees on the middle restrained him, Deniz maintains he was assaulted and put in solitary confinement. A employees member claimed he was kicked by the Kurdish man and that was why he was remoted. This declare is refuted by Deniz, who mentioned he did not assault anybody and due to this fact the measure was unlawful.
In the swimsuit through which Deniz was looking for damages of 11 million yen (81,700 U.S. {dollars}), the state submitted video proof displaying Deniz being held down by as many as six employees members as they handcuffed him behind his again.
The footage reveals Deniz crying out in ache throughout the ordeal.