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Tag Archives: Tayyip Erdogan
Amnesty calls on Turkey: “Respect right to peaceful assembly” on May 1
In advance of annual May 1 demonstrations, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is talking tough again. “Give up your hope of Taksim,” he said. According to Turkish media, tens of thousands of police have been mobilized. In a public statement on … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Excessive Force, Freedom of Assembly, Gezi Park, Taksim
Tagged Amnesty International, criminalization of dissent, DirenGezi, excessive force, Freedom of Expression, Gezi Park, taksim square, Tayyip Erdogan, tear gas, Turkey, water cannon
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Insult to Injury in Turkey: Two additional examples from this past week
In a week when the Turkish government was attempting to show its reformist bona fides through an unambitious reform package (see here for Andrew Finkel’s excellent review of the package), a number of news items highlighted just how limited the … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Excessive Force, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Expression, Turkey
Tagged Defamation, Emrah Serbes, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Expression, Gezi Park, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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Libel Lawsuits: Another Approach to Turkish Censorship
This blog site has recently featured ways in which Turkish media barons have fired, suspended or fined reporters who had written anything deemed critical of either the AKP or Tayyip Erdogan. The Prime Minister, however, also relies on another way … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Expression, Press Freedom, Turkey
Tagged European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of the Press, Serbil Tusalp, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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Turkey’s War on Demonstrators Includes War on Its own Doctors
On July 11, our Human Rights in Turkey blog reported on last week’s use of excessive force by the police in Istanbul. The next day, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and three other leading international medical groups sent a letter … Continue reading
Posted in Excessive Force, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Expression, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged excessive force, Freedom of Expression, Gezi Park, Physicians for Human Rights, Tayyip Erdogan, tear gas, Turkey
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