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PRO-KURDISH members of Turkey’s parliament are bracing themselves for a parliamentary vote to deprive them of immunity from prosecution after a committee forced through acceptance of a constitutional amendment.
The committee approved the contentious ruling-party proposal to strip legislators of their immunity from prosecution late on Monday night after fist fights broke out and water bottles were hurled during the debate.
The proposed constitutional amendment, to be debated on May 16 with a vote two days later, could pave the way for members of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) to face trial on terror-related charges and be ousted from parliament.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
