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The Grand Turk
Turkey arrests six human rights activists
2017-07-19
[Al Jazeera] Six people, including the director of Amnesia Amnesty International in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
, were tossed in the clink
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
by a court order on Tuesday for "helping an armed terrorist organization", according to the state-run Anadolu Agency news outlet.

They were among the 10 who were detained in Istanbul earlier in July during a workshop on Buyukada, an island near the city.

The group comprised eight Ottoman Turkish human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
activists, one Swedish trainer and one German trainer.

The Istanbul court ordered the other four be released on the condition of judicial control.

Those arrested include Amnesia Amnesty International Director Idil Eser, Gunal KurSun, Ozlem Dalkiran, Veli Acu, Ali Garavi ile and Peter Steudtner.

Posted by:Fred

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