"However, while Turkey has a duty to protect its population from acts of violence, it is essential that the authorities respect human rights at all times while undertaking security or counter-terrorism operations – and international law prohibiting torture, extrajudicial killings, disproportionate use of lethal force and arbitrary detention must be observed," Hussein said in a statement.
At the same time, Hussein criticized the violent actions conducted by the youth groups or Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants, who attack the Turkish army in country's southeastern regions.
In summer 2015, Turkey initiated a military campaign against the PKK in the country's southeastern regions, which have a predominately Kurdish population. Since the beginning of the campaign, Ankara has imposed several round-the-clock curfews, preventing civilians from fleeing regions where the military operations are being conducted.
