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UGA A/A44/43/1/11/1/2/4
Title
Appendix 4: Reply by the Turkish Embassy in Brussels to the International Federation of Journalists (16/5/94)
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- 1994/05/16 (Creation)
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3pp
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Statement (in French with English translation) sent by the Embassy of Turkey in Belgium to the International Federation of Journalists regarding Şerif Avşar. The Embassy states that: six men [five provisional village guards and a government informant] abducted Avşar on 22 April 1994; the guards were identified and placed in custody on 5 May 1994; the guards claimed to have abducted and killed Avşar as part of a vendetta; Avşar's body was found in a field alongside the Diyarbakır-Silvan highway; and the suspects have been arrested and the investigation is in progress.
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