Council of Europe wants independent observers to be allowed ‘to dispel rumours of human rights violations’ in mainly Kurdish town Europe’s top human rights body has called on Turkey to allow independent observers into a mainly Kurdish town where a 24-hour curfew has been imposed since 4 September as security forces battle suspected militants.
Nils Muižnieks,human rights commissioner for the Council of Europe, expressed concern over claims of “disproportionate exercise of force” against civilians in Cizre, or near the Syrian border.
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Source: theguardian.com