OBAMA SHOULD PRESS FOR RIGHTS
President Obama should use his upcoming visit to Turkey to press the Turkish government on human rights and reform issues, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the US president made public today.
The organization said that subjects to be raised should include protecting minority rights, ending restrictions on free speech, addressing the lack of accountability for gross violations of human rights in the recent past through the current Ergenekon trial, and full constitutional reform.
"Right now, at the beginning of the new administration's relationship with Turkey, is an important time to signal strong support for reform process and to urge the government to reaffirm its commitment to human rights and democratization," said Emma Sinclair-Webb, Turkey researcher at Human Rights Watch.
Obama's visit to Turkey on April 6 and 7, 2009 comes at a critical moment in the country's history. After a hopeful period of progress under the previous Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, political and human rights reforms in Turkey have stalled since 2005, and there has been backtracking on a number of important human rights concerns.
President Obama is scheduled to meet with the Turkish government in Ankara on April 6 and to attend the UN Alliance of Civilizations forum in Istanbul on April 7. He is expected to focus on a number of foreign policy concerns, and Human Rights Watch has urged him also to use the opportunity to focus on the pressing need for the Turkish government to restart human rights reforms at home in the wake of the government's win in the March 29 local elections.
To read the letter from Human Rights Watch to President Obama, please visit: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/03/25/letter-president-obama-advance-his-trip-turkey
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