Since the coup d’état in Turkey on July 15, 2016, there has been an increase in the repression of lawyers, artists, opposition parties and organizations, and especially of the Kurdish community. David Kaye, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, who visited Turkey in 2016, stated that “the Turkish government has a very broad concept of terrorism” and “considers anyone who opposes it to be a terrorist.” (1) A similar assessment was made by Ignacio Sanchez Amor, the European Union’s rapporteur on Turkey. The fact that the Turkish government considers everyone who does not agree with it to be a “terrorist member, terrorist” leads the majority of the opposition, especially the Kurdish, to see them as enemies.
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CONFERENCE: POLITICAL PRISONERS WORLDWIDE AND IN TURKEY
PANEL: 09:00-11:00 “Why prisons were built and what they mean for political political prisoners” “Building prisons for dissidents” “Political prisoners around the world” Speakers: Dr. Jean-Pierre Restellini – Former member of the CPT Denis O’Hearn – Director of the PhD in Sociology – University of W. USA Moderator: Elisabeth Decrey Warner -Former President of the…
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REPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TURKISH PRISONS
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