More than 100 MEPs have written to the European Commission president calling for a formal investigation into the death of a Pakistani man on Turkey's border with Greece in March
More than 100 MEPs have written to the European Commission president calling for a formal investigation into the death of a Pakistani man on Turkey's border with Greece in March.
The letter, to Ursula von der Leyen, was prompted by a probe into the death of Muhammad Gulzar by open-source investigators at Bellingcat, Lighthouse Reports and Forensic Architecture, which was contributed to by Sky News and German magazine Der Spiegel. The letter says:"We... expect that the European Commission takes its responsibility to undertake a thorough investigation to the findings revealed by the reconstruction, which give rise to grave concerns, and to report its findings to the European Parliament."If both the Greek government and the European Commission remain unresponsive to these allegations, we would witness an impunity which cannot be tolerated in a union that is based on respect for the rule of law.
Muhammad Gulzar was shot dead in an incident on 4 March as thousands of migrants gathered at the European Union's southern frontier at Edirne on the Turkey-Greece border.The migrants had been encouraged to the border over a period of several days after Turkey stood down guards on its side of the frontier.
The Turkish government was attempting to pressure European Union nations to take in more migrants and to take a more active role in the Syrian conflict.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Travel advice for Spain, Greece, France and Turkey as restrictions begin to liftAlthough travelling abroad is unlikely to happen for many in the next few months, here is the latest on which countries are beginning to ease strict lockdown rules
Read more »
Turkey unveils plan to revive tourism with health and hygiene certificatesWith safety measures and certificates of health, Turkey hopes to reassure travellers worried about Covid-19
Read more »
Holidays: When will tourists be welcomed back to Turkey, Dubai, Spain, Portugal & France?COUNTRIES around the world have closed their borders, forcing airlines to ground entire fleets and holidays dreams to be shattered. However, with the gradual easing of lockdown ongoing, when can holidaymakers expect to be welcomed back to their favourite hotspots?
Read more »
Coronavirus - all you need to know as UK hospital death toll on the rise againAnother 350 deaths have been recorded in England, 50 in Scotland, 16 in Wales and 9 in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours, which takes the total hospital death toll to more than 27,000
Read more »
Final UK coronavirus death toll could be worse than WW2 new study warnsTHE final UK coronavirus death toll could be worse than WW2 with almost 700,000 fatalities over five years, a new study warns. In order to ward the virus off completely, social distancing measures …
Read more »
Data reveals which jobs have highest coronavirus death rateOfficial statistics show those in public-facing jobs are multiple times more likely to die from coronavirus, yet many say they feel forgotten
Read more »