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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SLAMS TURKEY FOR 'BRUTAL' GEZI PARK PROTEST ABUSE
15:39 ~U 02.10.13
Turkish authorities committed human rights abuses "on a massive scale"
while trying to quell anti-government protests over the summer,
Amnesty International has found.
BBC News has citied the group as saying that live ammunition was used,
killing one protester, while some women protesters were sexually
abused.
It has claimed that other demonstrators were badly beaten, resulting
in one death.
The unrest began in May as a protest to stop the redevelopment of
Istanbul's Taksim Square and Gezi Park.
But after a harsh crackdown by riot police, it snowballed into
nationwide anti-government demonstrations that lasted for weeks.
Amnesty International's report has said that investigators interviewed
scores of people who were injured, unlawfully detained, beaten or
sexually assaulted during detention.
Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International's expert on Turkey, said: "The
attempt to smash the Gezi Park protest movement involved a string of
human rights violations on a huge scale.
"They include the wholesale denial of the right to peaceful assembly
and violations of the rights to life, liberty and the freedom from
torture and ill-treatment."
Armenian News - Tert.am
15:39 ~U 02.10.13
Turkish authorities committed human rights abuses "on a massive scale"
while trying to quell anti-government protests over the summer,
Amnesty International has found.
BBC News has citied the group as saying that live ammunition was used,
killing one protester, while some women protesters were sexually
abused.
It has claimed that other demonstrators were badly beaten, resulting
in one death.
The unrest began in May as a protest to stop the redevelopment of
Istanbul's Taksim Square and Gezi Park.
But after a harsh crackdown by riot police, it snowballed into
nationwide anti-government demonstrations that lasted for weeks.
Amnesty International's report has said that investigators interviewed
scores of people who were injured, unlawfully detained, beaten or
sexually assaulted during detention.
Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International's expert on Turkey, said: "The
attempt to smash the Gezi Park protest movement involved a string of
human rights violations on a huge scale.
"They include the wholesale denial of the right to peaceful assembly
and violations of the rights to life, liberty and the freedom from
torture and ill-treatment."
Armenian News - Tert.am