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Turkey condemns European rights body decision to put it on notice

By REUTERS

APRIL 25, 2017 14:58

ANKARA - The Turkish foreign ministry on Tuesday said it strongly condemned the "unjust decision" of a European rights body to put it on a monitoring watchlist, adding that Ankara was left with no choice but to reconsider its relations with the body.

"Deciding to re-open the monitoring procedure on Turkey... under the guidance of malicious circles at the PACE is a disgrace to this organ, which claims to be the cradle of democracy," the ministry said in a statement, adding that xenophobia and Islamophobia were "spreading with violence" across Europe.

The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has put Turkey on a monitoring watchlist, citing concerns over what they say is the stifling of dissent and rights violations under President Tayyip Erdogan as he concentrates power

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