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Turkish Forces Accused of Shooting Kurdish Civilians & Syrian Refugees

HeadlineMay 12, 2016

Human rights groups and the United Nations are accusing Turkish security forces of human rights violations, including deliberately shooting Kurdish civilians and Syrian refugees. Human Rights Watch has accused Turkish border guards of killing at least five Syrian refugees in the past two months. Separately, the U.N. has accused Turkey of intentionally shooting at civilians and destroying infrastructure in the largely Kurdish regions of the country’s southeast.

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