Thursday, July 22, 2010

Turkey passes law to keep Kurdish children out of jail

"Turkey passes law to keep Kurdish children out of jail

AFP/Ankara

Turkey’s parliament has passed a law to curb the imprisonment of Kurdish children who take part in violent protests, a practice that has further poisoned ties with the restive minority.

The ruling party drafted the bill after hundreds of minors, some as young as 12, landed in prison in recent years, sparking a nationwide outcry and accusations that Ankara is not truly committed to ending the bloody conflict in the mainly Kurdish southeast."

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