Amnesty To Study ‘Petition’ On Alleged Killing Of Kurds By Turkish Military
KABUL: (MEP) The Amnesty International has guaranteed to take a look at into the Russian authorities’ appeal of into alleged mass killings of Kurdish civilians by the Turkish military after the NGO’s “selective” approach was criticized by Foreign Ministry.
The global charity will “comment on this issue” once it obtains “more up-to-date research findings,” a spokesperson of the Amnesty International press officer Clarisse Douaud told RT in an emailed statement, adding that the organization “has not seen this petition” so far.
In the meantime, the NGO says that it actively monitors the situation in the field of human rights violations in Turkey’s southeast, and has repeatedly called on Ankara to stop the crackdown on Kurds in the region.
“Amnesty International actively looks into the worrying situation in the field of human rights in the southeastern Turkey and we speak audibly about it,” a spokesman for the organization told TASS on Friday.
“For several months, Amnesty International urged the Turkish government to lift disproportionate restrictions on freedom of movement, including 24 hour curfews and other arbitrary measures that deprived the [local] population of access to medical aid, food, water and electricity…” the spokesman added.
The charity’s response follows Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s harsh criticism of its inaction which she voiced earlier on Friday. She accused Amnesty International of employing an “ambiguous and selective” policy in dealing with human rights violations.
