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MORE THAN 50 LAWYERS DETAINED IN ISTANBUL FOR SUPPORTING GEZI PARK PROTESTS
21:20 â~@¢ 11.06.13
More than 50 lawyers have been detained by police at Istanbul's
Caglayan Courthouse today for joining the Taksim Gezi protests,
which have been ongoing across the country for 15 days now.
A Special Forces Unit intervened in a protest being held inside
the Caglayan Courthouse, leading to a number of lawyers falling to
the ground.
Around 100 lawyers are now waiting in front of the police station
demanding the release of their colleagues. This was the third such
protest held by the lawyers to support the Gezi protesters in Taksim.
The Ankara Bar Association said more than 50 lawyers had been detained
by the police today while announcing a press statement on the protests
in Istanbul's Caglayan Courthouse.
"The detainment of the lawyers at the courthouse by force brings the
question of what kind of a 'democratic regime' we are living in,"
said the Bar in a statement sent to the Hurriyet Daily News.
The Ankara Bar asked who else could have security of life and property
in a country where lawyers are taken from a courthouse by police. It
also said it would follow the issue closely and that it would protect
the rights of the detained lawyers from the Istanbul Bar Association.
Meanwhile, the Turkish branch of Amnesty International condemned
police violence via its Twitter account today. "We condemn shameful
and brutal police violence. We repeated our justice demand in a
meeting with Istanbul Governor," it stated.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
21:20 â~@¢ 11.06.13
More than 50 lawyers have been detained by police at Istanbul's
Caglayan Courthouse today for joining the Taksim Gezi protests,
which have been ongoing across the country for 15 days now.
A Special Forces Unit intervened in a protest being held inside
the Caglayan Courthouse, leading to a number of lawyers falling to
the ground.
Around 100 lawyers are now waiting in front of the police station
demanding the release of their colleagues. This was the third such
protest held by the lawyers to support the Gezi protesters in Taksim.
The Ankara Bar Association said more than 50 lawyers had been detained
by the police today while announcing a press statement on the protests
in Istanbul's Caglayan Courthouse.
"The detainment of the lawyers at the courthouse by force brings the
question of what kind of a 'democratic regime' we are living in,"
said the Bar in a statement sent to the Hurriyet Daily News.
The Ankara Bar asked who else could have security of life and property
in a country where lawyers are taken from a courthouse by police. It
also said it would follow the issue closely and that it would protect
the rights of the detained lawyers from the Istanbul Bar Association.
Meanwhile, the Turkish branch of Amnesty International condemned
police violence via its Twitter account today. "We condemn shameful
and brutal police violence. We repeated our justice demand in a
meeting with Istanbul Governor," it stated.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian