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Turkey under pressure to ease detention rules

Saturday, 21 January 2017 1:46 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 21 January 2017 1:46 AM ]

Turkish anti-riot forces walk near the courthouse on December 27, 2016 at Silivri district in Istanbul. (Photo by AFP)

Verenia Keet
Press TV Istanbul

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is threatening to downgrade Turkey's status over its harsh crackdown in the wake of the failed coup last July. This has pushed Ankara to prepare a new decree law to ease restrictions and to restore fundamental rights. Press TV’s correspondent Verenia Keet reports.

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