RegisterRegister   Log inLog in   AlbumAlbum   Home Portal PageHome  

Torture 'still common in Turkey'

 
Author Message
Dream_Merchant
Warnings : 1

Senior Villager
Senior Villager


Joined: 19 Jun 2006
Posts: 422
Location: Limassol

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 4:37 pm    Post subject: Torture 'still common in Turkey' Reply with quote

Below you can find the link to the above titled article from the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6272294.stm

What I would like to comment on is the following paragraphs.

Quote:

Turkey introduced a series of sweeping changes several years ago to the country's penal code, intended to bring Turkish laws closer to those of EU member states.


The only sweeping these changes seem to have done is the floor, since even though the penal code has changed, the penalizers have remained the same.

Quote:
Torture was abolished and individual liberties expanded under the reforms.


I guess this is one of those 'many significant concessions that we <Turkey> have made in our bid to join the EU and got nothing in return'.

Good job! Keep it up boys!
Back to top
depurple
Warnings : 1

Ministerial
Ministerial


Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Posts: 2876
Location: Australia

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why didn't it surprise you?
cheers
PS Did you see the way the beat up the women protested last year as IF they where just an animal?
PS again! Welcome to the EU!
PS again and again! We are already in the EU!
Back to top
Display posts from previous:   
All times are GMT + 3 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 


get the latest forum posts directly to your desktop get the latest album posts directly to your desktop

get the latest forum posts directly to your desktop in RSS 2.0 format get the latest album posts directly to your desktop in Atom format

Link Partners

Board Security

3046 Attacks blocked
Talkcyprus.org - the Cyprus bicommunal discussion and chat forum is Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group