Top human rights lawyer shot dead in Turkey's restive south-east Tahir Elçi was killed as he was calling for an end to violence in Kurdish majority city of Diyarbakir, sparking protests in cities across the country 28 Nov 2015 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/12022765/Top-human-rights-lawyer-shot-dead-in-Turkeys-restive-south-east.html [with embedded video] Prominent Kurdish Lawyer Is Killed in Southeast Turkey NOV. 28, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/world/europe/turkey-kurds-tahir-elci-killed-in-sur.html Top Kurdish Lawyer Shot Dead During Press Conference In Turkey img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/5659bc401700008100e1aa1e.jpeg Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elci in Diyarbakir on Saturday. A "courageous defender of human rights." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tahir-elci-killed_5659b94ce4b072e9d1c1fb8a [with embedded video, and comments]