CoE human rights chief urges Turkey to protect free speech and assembly rights, judicial independence

The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, called on Turkey to safeguard freedom of expression and freedom of the press, restore judicial independence and repeal laws used to prosecute journalists and silence dissent, in a memorandum documenting restrictions he said were incompatible with democratic standards. O’Flaherty said Turkish authorities misuse criminal and […] The post CoE human rights chief urges Turkey to protect free speech and assembly rights, judi...

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