Turkish human rights lawyer shot dead during press conference

Tahir Elci was killed in Diyarbakir weeks after he said on television that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, was not a terrorist organisationA prominent lawyer and human rights defender, who faced a criminal charge for supporting Kurdish rebels, has been killed in an attack in southeast Turkey in which a police officer also died, officials said.Tahir Elci was shot on Saturday while he and other lawyers were making a press statement. Two policemen and a journalist were also injured. Con