Language rights, human rights</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Language rights, human rights"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Language,rights,,human,rights"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">15-12-2004</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Language rights, human rights</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_HDC2K5gZoEbfKNDkeWwy_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Human Rights Watch, USA: After a wide range of reforms by Turkey including the broadcasting of minority languages such as Kurdish, the December 16-17 summit meeting in Brussels will determine whether the European Council opens negotiations with the country to become a full member of the European Union. Even if the Council gives a positive decision, Turkey is not expected to achieve full membership for another decade. <br>The December 17 decision represents a major crossroads for the Turkish government, for the future of human rights in Turkey, and arguably, for the EU itself. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/12/15/turkey9865_txt.htm " target="blank">www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/12/15/turkey9865_txt.htm </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show