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Turkey under pressure to ease detention rules

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is threatening to downgrade Turkey's status over its harsh crackdown in the wake of the failed coup last July.

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Verenia Keet
Press TV Istanbul 

 

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is threatening to downgrade Turkey's status over its harsh crackdown in the wake of the failed coup last July. This has pushed Ankara to prepare a new decree law to ease restrictions and to restore fundamental rights. Press TV’s correspondent Verenia Keet reports.