Turkey: Draft Reform Law Falls Short

A major legal reform package to be introduced by the Turkish government leaves key problems with free speech and arbitrary detention unresolved.

(New York) – A major legal reform package to be introduced by the Turkish government leaves key problems with free speech and arbitrary detention unresolved, Human Rights Watch said today. The draft package has been sent to the Parliamentary Justice Commission, and the government has indicated that it could become law in March 2012.

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