Sunday, May 15, 2011

TURKEY - Heavy pressure following the eviction of Kurdish candidates for legislative

Foreclosure announced by the High Electoral Board (YSK), April 18, Kurdish candidates in the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 12 has triggered violence in the south-east of the country that left one person dead and several wounded. Hundreds of people demonstrated in the province of Diyarbakir, where a 26 year old man was fatally wounded during the clashes.

At least four of the unsuccessful candidates, whose activist Leyla Zana, who spent ten years in prison for colluding with Kurdish rebels, have appealed the decision of the High Electoral Council.

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