law after the failed coup and expressed “serious concern” about the mass availability of judges and prosecutors.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ΖÎιντ Ρα’αντ Al Hussein also called for independent investigators to visit places of detention in Turkey in order to check the conditions of detention, and detainees have access to lawyers and to their families.
“After such a traumatic experience, it is particularly crucial to ensure that human rights are not swept aside in the name of security and in haste to punish those who are responsible, said in a statement the ΖÎιντ.
“The reintroduction of the death penalty would be a violation of Turkey’s obligations under international human rights law – a big step in the wrong direction,” he said.
Appeal to the UN to Turkey to defend the rule of law!
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