Turkey: 'Despite significant recent rights reforms, the Turkish government should further improve its record in four key areas, Human Rights Watch said today. The European Union will assess Turkey’s progress toward fulfilling the human rights criteria required for opening of formal membership negotiations in December. Human Rights Watch said that freedom of expression, torture and ill-treatment, freedom of assembly and internal displacement are all areas where important initial progress has been achieved but where significant additional efforts are needed to demonstrate lasting positive change.' (Human Rights Watch)