United Nations: ‘Alarming’ Reports of Military Violations in Turkey

May 10, 2016
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner of Human Rights at the United Nations

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner of Human Rights at the United Nations

(Big News Network)””The United Nations chief said in a press release a succession of alarming reports about violations allegedly committed by the Turkish military and security forces in south-east Turkey over the past few months, and urged the Turkish authorities to give independent investigators, including UN staff, unimpeded access to the area to verify the veracity of such reports.

“More and more information has been emerging from a variety of credible sources about the actions of security forces in the town of Cizre during the extended curfew there from mid-December until early March,”

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