Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report Thursday claiming that Turkish border guards are taking pictures Syrian refugees whereas additionally utilizing extreme power and torture in opposition to asylum seekers coming into the nation. The report cited a whole bunch of current deaths alongside the Turkey/Syria border and condemned the actions of the Turkish authorities.
The report started with a name to motion, with HRW stating that the Turkish authorities ought to maintain border guards answerable for these human rights abuses. The report then referred to 2 particular situations of current hurt by Turkish border brokers. The primary concerned a gaggle of Turkish border guards beating and torturing a gaggle of eight Syrian refugees making an attempt to cross the border into Turkey. Two of the eight refugees reportedly died in Turkish custody. The second incident concerned a Turkish border guard taking pictures and killing a 59 12 months previous Syrian man who was plowing his land in an space close to the border of the 2 nations.
Along with these two current deaths, human rights NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights released a report recording 11 deaths and over 20 accidents ensuing from Turkish border brokers’ illegal use of extreme power and torture.
Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, referred to as on the Turkish authorities to enhance upon their investigations into these incidents, stating “Arbitrary killings of Syrians are significantly egregious and a part of a sample of brutality by Turkish border guards that the federal government has didn’t curb or examine successfully.”
This report follows a discovering from HRW in early March which documented 234 deaths and 231 accidents ensuing from Turkish border guards alongside the Turkey/Syria border since 2015. Turkey has responded by claiming that border guards will face penalties, citing a report which confirmed that three Turkish border guards have been positioned in pre-trial detention for his or her alleged crimes alongside the border.
The report from HRW responded and said that the Turkish authorities wasn’t taking sufficient motion to successfully curb human rights abuses alongside the border. The report then concluded with a name for the Turkish authorities to extend border guard accountability and monitoring alongside the border to make sure that additional human rights abuses don’t happen.
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