AIUSA Group 48

Category: Turkey

  • Call on Turkey to stop using excessive force against peaceful protesters

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    by

    joanne
    in

    What began as a peaceful demonstration to save a park in Istanbul has turned into a terrible wave of police repression against protesters throughout Turkey. More than 100,000 people have turned out to protest the shockingly excessive measures used by police to disperse peaceful demonstrators. Amateur video footage from one demonstration shows police officers kicking…