Turkey will temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: Business Insider

Turkey will temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human rights as it implements a three-month state of emergency, the country's deputy prime minister said.

The emergency state was implemented following a failed coup last weekend during which over 250 were killed.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Thursday that the state of emergency could end before the three months are up and may only last for one to one and a half month, according to broadcaster NTV.

Turkey will follow in the footsteps of France, which also opted out of some of the convention's aspects during an emergency state implemented in November 2015 after terrorist attacks in Paris killed 130 people.

Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/turkey-temporarily-suspends-european-convention-on-human-rights-2016-7

[uhnope]

1. Theresa May is celebrating

what a world we live in

[TubbersUK]

4. Yes, she hates it with a vengence

UK must leave European convention on human rights, says Theresa May

Britain should withdraw from the European convention on human rights regardless of the EU referendum result, Theresa May has said, in comments that contradict ministers within her own government.

The shadow justice secretary, Charles Falconer, said he was appalled by the home secretary’s comments, which he described as “so ignorant, so illiberal, so misguided”, while the Tory MP and former attorney general Dominic Grieve said he was disappointed by the intervention.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/25/uk-must-leave-european-convention-on-human-rights-theresa-may-eu-referendum

[Helen Borg]

10. She should be kicked out already.

Fail!

[Feeling the Bern]

2. Erdogan planned the coup. This is a power grab and it will work

Welcome to IST soon.

[Chasstev365]

3. The Emergency Enabling Acts of 1933

If there was ever a point at which the German people should have taken to the streets to stop Hitler, it was in 1933 after their rights were "temporarily" suspended due to the suspicious Reichstag fire.

I am beginning to think the Turkish coup attempt was a Reichstsg fire.

[wallyworld2]

8. exactly

[mountain grammy]

11. Yes, I think so too.

[riversedge]

5. I fear more disappeared people and deaths.

[pampango]

6. Conservatives are not big on human rights anyway. "Temporary" suspensions

of human rights have a way of lasting a long, long time.

What's more important to a conservative? The rights of people or the leader's own 'right' to rule?

[6chars]

21. Then liberal voices need to be raised on this

it is not enough to just criticize others for being silent. I hope there is more going on behind the scenes at the Obama level than we are hearing about.

[wallyworld2]

7. Taking a page

from the shrub administration

The US set the standard for this on a number of levels after 9/11

Torture, rendition, nato treaty, world court.

To name a few.

We set the standard for indecency.

And not holding our leaders accountable

[cstanleytech]

22. Actually the stage for that kind of stuff has been practiced by various rulers

for many millennia.

[Helen Borg]

9. Oh, that will boost tourism for sure...

On the other hand... Cheap hotels for the adventure-seeking folks!

[NWCorona]

12. Kick them out of NATO. I can see this dude starting WW3

[still_one]

13. I agree, though I don't think it will happen

[NWCorona]

14. Nope! Me neither as turkey is viewed as to important.

[still_one]

15. my exact mindset NW

[TubbersUK]

20. +1

[turbinetree]

16. Dictators that are paranoid are really dangerous---------------

and we are seeing the formation of dictator with in NATO, that has B61-12 nuclear devices stationed at a U.S Air force Base

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/nuclear-weapon-obama-most-expensive-ever

[Nihil]

17. Reckon anyone will notice the difference?

It's not as if Erdogan's been paying a lot of attention to human rights so far ...

[Javaman]

18. Mr. Erdogan please explain and define "temporary"

I have a feeling that his definition will be forever.

[uawchild]

19. When you suspend the European Convention on Human Rights, the Terrorists WIN

That is one expressed purpose of terrorism, to provoke an over reaction.

[awoke_in_2003]

23. They shouldn't be in the EU or NATO. nt