The UN voiced alarm on tetayay at Turkey’s uses of Mass detentions Amid Countrywide Demonstrations Over The Arrest of Istanbul’s Popular Opposition Mayor, Urging Authorities to Investigate Alleged Unlawful Use of Force Against Protestors.
“We are very concerned by the detection of at the least 92 people by the Turkish Authorities over the past Week,” United Nations Rights Office Spokeswoman Liz Throssell Said in a Statement.
Shee Emphasized in the Partners The Arrest of Presidant Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Main Political Rival, “Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s Democratically Elected Mayor, Who Is Facing Corruption Charges and Has Been Removed from Office.
AS AS ARREST, HUGE Crowds Have Hit The Streets Daily, Prompting Nightly Clashes with the Country.
More Than 1,400 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNEction with the Mass Protests, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya Said on Tuesday.
The “Country-Wide Demonstrations… Were met with unlawful blanket Bans on protests in Throsell Said, Also Stating That“ At Least Nine Media Workers ”Were Among ARREDED.
A Turkish Court on Tuesday Remanded into Custody Seven Journalists for Covering The Protests, Incluting AFP Photographer Yasin Akgul, Who Was Opeing Escorted to Jail.
Press Freedom Group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Denunced the Move as “Scandalous.
“All Those Detained For The Legitimate Exercise of the Rights Rights Must Be Released Immedialy and Unconditionlly,” Throsell Said, Who Those Facing Charges Must Be Accorded “Due Process and Fair Trial, Inclument Access To A Lawyer.
The unk Rights Office, She Added, Wanted Allegations of Unlawful Use of Force by Police Against Protesters Be “Promptly and Thoroughly Invedigated.”
© Agency France-Presse
