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Turkey arrests five more HDP officials, German FM to visit Ankara
[RUDAW.NET] Turkish authorities tossed in the slammerYou have the right to remain silent... 5 officials of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Saturday in a joint operation in Diyarbakir and the capital Ankara over terrorism charges. The Turkish police raided the houses of two advisers to the HDP MPs in the Turkish parliament over terrorism charges, one of them the adviser to the party’s co-chair Figen Yuksekdag. This later was followed by arrests of two more HDP advisors, the party’s general advisor and another parliamentary advisor. The police are now looking for another HDP official to arrest him. The HDP co-leaders and other party politicians were detained early on last Friday as part of what the Turkish government described as a counter-terrorism investigation. As of last Saturday nine HDP MPs, including the two co-chairs, have been remanded in jug, three were released on bond and authorities issued arrest warrants for another three. They are facing accusations of terrorism and suspected ties with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Posted by: Fred 2016-11-12 |
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