Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Se\u00e1n Crowe, has commended the UN Human Rights Office for today releasing a hard hitting report into the serious human rights and international law violations by the Turkish security forces, in the majority Kurdish south-east of the country. Over half a million people have been displaced, 100,000 have dismissed from their jobs, and thousands have been jailed and tortured.<\/p>\n
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThis UN report documents the gross human rights violations that Kurdish groups have been telling the world for years.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the Turkish Government ended its 2 year old ceasefire with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in July 2015 Turkish forces have killed and tortured thousands. This UN report clearly and forensically shows this. The most serious abuses took place during periods of curfew imposed for several days at a time.<\/p>\n
\u201cUN investigators documented how Turkish Government operations severely affected more than 30 towns and neighbourhood. The hard hitting reports details how up to 500,000 people, mostly Kurds, were displaced between July 2015 and December 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt also details that since the Turkish Government implemented a state of emergency following the attempted coup in July 2016, it has used its emergency powers to dismiss more than 100,000 people from public or private sector jobs, and that this approach has also deeply impacted on the human rights situation in the south-east.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is also highly critical of the use of so-called \u2018counter-terrorism legislation\u2019 that is being used to remove democratically elected officials of Kurdish origin, severely harass any independent journalists, close independent and Kurdish language media and citizen\u2019s associations, and the mass suspension or dismissal \u00a0of judges and prosecutors. This unprecedented approach has also weakened it claims any checks and balances and human rights protections in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not a country that anyone could credible describe as a \u2018country of safe origin\u2019 in order to send refugees back into this maelstrom, but that is what the European Union is currently doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have repeatedly raised Turkey\u2019s complete disregard of international law and its human rights violations in the south-east of the country and against Kurds with the Irish Government. I intend to raise this damning UN report with the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs as soon as possible and will be demanding appropriate action from the Irish Government following this report.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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