A leading international rights group on Thursday said Turkish border guards have been indiscriminately shooting at Syrian civilians along the border with the war-wrecked country, as well as using excessive force against asylum seekers and migrants trying to cross into Turkey.

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An international human rights group says Turkish border guards have been indiscriminately shooting at Syrian civilians along the border with the war-wrecked country, as well as using excessive force against asylum seekers and migrants trying to cross into Turkey. Human…

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An international human rights group says Turkish border guards have been indiscriminately shooting at Syrian civilians along the border with the war-wrecked country, as well as using excessive force against asylum seekers and migrants trying to cross into Turkey

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BEIRUT (AP) — A leading international rights group on Thursday said Turkish border guards have been indiscriminately shooting at Syrian civilians along the border with the war-wrecked country, as well […]

The human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Turkish security forces of massive violence against migrants on the border with Syria. In recent years, there have been “hundreds of deaths and injuries.” “Turkish gendarmes and armed forces responsible for border control routinely mistreat and indiscriminately shoot Syrians along the Syrian-Turkish border,” said Hugh Williamson, director for Europe and Central Asia at HRW on Thu…

Die Menschenrechtsorganisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) hat türkischen Sicherheitskräften an der Grenze zu Syrien massive Gewalt gegen Migranten vorgeworfen. In den letzten Jahren seien dabei „Hunderte Tote und Verletzte“ zu beklagen gewesen. „Türkische Gendarmen und Streitkräfte, die für die Grenzkontrolle zuständig sind, misshandeln routinemäßig und beschießen wahllos Syrer entlang der syrisch-türkischen Grenze“, erklärte Hugh Williamson, Dire…

Türkische Grenzer: Brutale Gewalt gegen Migranten

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Vienna

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Turkish border guards: Brutal violence against migrants

BEIRUT, April 27 — Human Rights Watch today accused Turkish border guards of shooting, torturing and using excessive force against Syrians seeking to flee their war-racked country into neighbouring Turkiye. It urged Ankara to investigate border guards, hold those responsible for “grave human rights violations, including unlawful killings” to account, and end “longstanding impunity for these abuses”. “Turkish border guards are indiscriminately sh…

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Turkiye border guards shooting, torturing Syrians, says rights watchdog

A leading international rights group on Thursday said Turkish border guards have been indiscriminately shooting at Syrian civilians along the border with the war-wrecked country, as well as using excessive force against asylum seekers and migrants trying to cross into Turkey. There was no immediate response from Ankara to the…

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Turkish troops accused of shooting Syrian civilians along border

NGO: Gewalt gegen Menschen an syrisch-türkischer Grenze

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NGO: Violence against people on the Syrian-Turkish border

Human Rights Watch describes that Turkish guards assaulted and tortured “eight Syrians who were trying to enter Turkey illegally” on March 11.

A Human Rights Watch descreve que os guardas turcos agrediram e torturaram, no dia 11 de março, "oito sírios que tentavam entrar ilegalmente na Turquia".

Guardas turcos acusados de torturar e matar refugiados sírios

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Turkish guards accused of torturing and killing Syrian refugees

The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) urges Ankara to investigate abuses committed by Turkish border guards on the border with Syria, AFP reports, according to News.ro. “Turkish border guards indiscriminately shoot Syrian civilians at the border with Syria, torture and have resorted to excessive force against asylum seekers and migrants trying to cross to Turkey, “accuses in a HRW communique.They say it is necessary for Ankara to “investigate these s…

ONG-ul Human Rights Watch (HRW) îndeamnă Ankara să ancheteze abuzurile comise de grănicerii turci, la granița cu Siria, relatează AFP, potrivit News.ro. „Grănicerii turci trag fără discriminare asupra unor civili sirieni la frontiera cu Siria, torturează şi au recurs la forţă excesivă împotriva solicitanţilor de azil şi migranţilor care încearcă să treacă în Turcia”, acuză într-un comunicat HRW.Aceștia spun că este necesar ca Ankara „să anchetez…

Group: Turkish troops shooting Syrian civilians along border

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