Turkey: The leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, Abdullah Ocalan, has been transferred to a new detention facility.
Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Ocalan has been transferred to a new detention facility inside a prison on Imrali Island, south of Istanbul, two Turkish lawmakers announced on Sunday. They criticized the step that does not serve the peace process between the government and the Kurds. In early August, the Turkish parliament approved a historic law that paved the way for the reintegration of PKK fighters, but it does not determine the fate of Ocalan, 77, who has been imprisoned since 1999 in total isolation.
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