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Turkey releases 3,000 more convicts to make room for post-coup arrestees in prisons

Turkey releases 3,000 more convicts to make room for post-coup arrestees in prisons

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

By means of new decrees issued on Friday, 3,000 more convicts will be released immediately on probation unless they were convicted of terrorism, sexual crimes or coup involvement. In addition, a total of 10,000 convicts will move from closed to open prisons. Last...

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