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Turkish government must calm tensions with Kurds: Amnesty
9 October 2014 15:51 BST
Amnesty International has called for the Turkish government to halt “spiralling violence”, after 19 people were killed and scores injured in protests by Kurds at Ankara’s stance on the advance of Islamic State (IS) in Kobane.
“It is essential that the Turkish authorities act now to calm tensions with firm but rights-respecting policing and a commitment to investigate promptly the up to 19 deaths and scores of injuries of protesters,” said Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International’s researcher on Turkey.
“Any use of force by the security forces must be strictly in line with international human rights standards, in particular the principles of necessity and proportionality.”