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    AMERICAN GROUPS URGE OBAMA TO PAY ATTENTION TO TURKEY'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD

    news.am
    January 11, 2013 | 15:10

    Several American prominent NGOs addressed President Barack Obama with
    an open letter calling him to make rule of law and political freedoms
    a priority in engagements with Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey.

    The letter was written by the Foreign Policy Initiative, Freedom
    House, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), and Reporters
    Without Borders.

    The NGOs urge Obama to pay attention to the arrest and prosecution
    of journalists, writers, and Kurdish intellectuals and political
    activists. They note that relations between U.S. and Turkey need "to
    be based on our shared values, not just shared strategic interests."

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