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    OSCE PA PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ONGOING EVENTS THROUGHOUT TURKEY

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/06/19/osce-pa-president-concerned-with-ongoing-events-throughout-turkey/
    15:09 19.06.2013
    OSCE, Turkey

    OSCE PA President Wolfgang Grossruck today released the following
    statement regarding the situation in Turkey, which is scheduled to
    host the Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly beginning
    29 June in Istanbul.

    "Like our colleagues around the world, we have been monitoring with
    great concern the ongoing events throughout Turkey. The Parliamentary
    Assembly has a unique interest in these affairs as our membership
    will gather in Istanbul next week for our Annual Session.

    I appreciate the assurances we received yesterday from the Grand
    National Assembly of Turkey that the situation in Istanbul will not
    hinder our meetings and debates on important global issues related
    to our shared commitments to comprehensive security, including
    human rights.

    Regarding the demonstrations, we stand in support of peaceful
    expression and assembly. Whether demonstrators stand or sit,
    speak or sing, they have a basic right to assemble and freely
    express themselves, and it must be respected. However, we respect a
    government's duty to preserve peaceful order, and those who commit
    and incite vandalism and violence should receive a proportionate
    response from law enforcement.

    "I welcome the dialogue the government entered into with several
    protest leaders last week and I regret that violence continued after
    these discussions. Mass arrests and the use of force to disrupt
    demonstrations are not emblematic of a democracy nor are such actions
    in line with Turkey's commitments as an OSCE participating State."

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