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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11602
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / (ae) turkey

CoE human rights commissioner concerned at situation

Brussels, 27/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, said on Tuesday 26 July that it was with “profound concern” that he had examined the decree adopted within the framework of the state of emergency declared in Turkey in the wake of the attempted coup of 15 July. He takes the view that a number of points in the decree that raise very serious questions of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights and rule of law...