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"en.20130206.35.3-535-000"2
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"Mr President, I make these comments as a friend of Turkey but I have to say that, worryingly, since 2009 over 8 000 pro-Kurdish politicians, lawyers, academics and writers have been arrested on charges of terrorism. Journalists are the latest group to go on trial.
Prosecutions often form a pattern where critical writing, political speeches and participation at peaceful demonstrations are used as evidence of terrorism offences, and this approach is unacceptable. A solution can be found and will be found, but only by including both sides. Therefore we need to work together with Turkey and those elements that wish to reach a solution, so that the EU can be an effective intermediary. The government needs to reform oppressive laws that jail legitimate Kurdish politicians and to make amends for the excessive behaviour of its security forces.
The Kurdish movement, including PKK leaders, must denounce terrorist attacks, must distance themselves from terrorist attacks, and publicly commit to realistic political goals. Above all else, politicians on all sides must legalise the rights of most of Turkey’s Kurds, including mother-language education, an end to discriminatory laws, fair political representation and more decentralisation."@en1
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