UN Calls for Human Rights Probe in Turkey

A video seemingly of the shooting of unarmed civilians in Turkey has sparked a U.N. official’s call Monday to investigate. The footage shows an attack on what appears to be civilians holding white flags who are seeking to assist those wounded in the predominantly Kurdish town of Cizre around 10 days ago. The town is at the center of a crackdown by Turkish security forces against the Kurdish rebel group, the PKK. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, is...

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