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Turkish students tear-gassed at road project protest
[Al Ahram] Turkish police fired tear gas canisters on students gathered to protest the beginning of controversial works on a road through their university campus in Ankara, an AFP photographer reported.

Security forces shielded workers and diggers as they began uprooting trees in a park on the site of Middle East Technical University (METU) in the Turkish capital on Friday night.

Dozens of students massed behind the gates of the establishment, Turkey's Dogan press agency reported, angry with the planned destruction of 3,000 trees.

The ongoing battle against the Ankara development has raged for weeks, with police using rubber bullets and tear gas in protests that drew in hundreds of students in early September.

METU's campus is one of the largest green spaces in the Turkish capital.

The latest protests come as Turkish authorities stand accused of committing "gross human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
 violations" during anti-government protests that rocked the country in June.

Amnesia Amnesty International said in a report released on 2 October that "a string of human rights violations on a huge scale" were perpetrated by police.

Posted by: Fred 2013-10-20
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