Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/06/un-rights-office-urges-turkey-to-ensure-right-to-assembly.php
Thursday, June 6, 2013
UN rights office urges Turkey to ensure right to assembly
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Tuesday urged [press release] the Turkish government to ensure the right of its citizens to assemble freely and in a peaceful manner. The OHCHR is responding to days of violent clashes between police and protestors. The protests began on Friday in Istanbul, before spreading elsewhere in Turkey, to voice citizens' discontent with plans to redevelop the historic Taksim square and Gezi park. There has been...
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