"Turkey's reforms deserve UNHCR recognition
By David Tomsovic
Published: January 27 2005 02:00 | Last updated: January 27 2005 02:00
From Mr David Tomsovic.
Sir, Your World News Digest item 'Japan deportations attract UNHCR ire' (January 24), concerning two Kurdish asylum seekers deported by Japan to Turkey, states that Japan's justice ministry said the deportations were conducted in 'precise accordance with the law'. But your report fails to mention an even more important political and legal consideration: specifically, that by extending the hand of membership of the European Union to Turkey, the 25 EU states find that human rights, the rule of law, freedom of expression and a prohibition against torture in Turkey have reached a level commensurate with the common European values."
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