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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 21, 2002

The rightwing National Action Party (MHP) is openly...

The rightwing National Action Party (MHP) is openly hostile to some the human rights reforms which are a precondition for starting talks on joining the European Union including a ban on the death penalty, a medium-term step agreed by Turkey with the EU

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The rightwing National Action Party (MHP) is openly hostile to some the human rights reforms which are a precondition for starting talks on joining the European Union including a ban on the death penalty, a medium-term step agreed by Turkey with the EU.
Having sought exemptions for terrorist crimes, the MHP wants first to carry out a death sentence imposed by a Turkish court on Abdullah Ocalan, captured leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla group.
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  • (Sources: FT.COM, 21/01/2002)