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  • ANKARA: AI: Freedom of Expression in Turkey is Limited

    Zaman Online, Turkey
    March 25 2006

    AI: Freedom of Expression in Turkey is Limited
    By Foreign News Desk, Istanbul
    Published: Saturday, March 25, 2006
    zaman.com


    The Amnesty International, AI, launched a worldwide campaign to
    collect as many signatures as possible against Article 301 of the
    Turkish Penalty Code (TCK).

    The human rights watchdog organization will ask the international
    community to pressure Turkish officials to revoke Article 301, a
    clause in the penal code of the country that the organization
    believes restricts the freedom of expression.


    The human rights supporters, publishers, writers, and journalists
    were taken to court because they tried to deconstruct the official
    records of history or because they caricaturized officials, AI told.


    There is, however, slight improvement in the field of human rights
    that Turkey should be rewarded for.


    When prominent author Orhan Pamuk was acquitted of speaking about the
    number of Armenians and Kurds killed in the past, Turkey achieved a
    slight advancement on the freedom of speech. But, AI called the
    Turkish officials to invalidate Article 301 and to drop charges
    against people who objected to this clause in the TCK.


    The signature campaign will continue from April 1 to 10.
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