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Turkey must end punishment of activists: HRW

Author: Zaynab KhojjiID: 1615647310106498000Sat, 2021-03-13 17:57 LONDON: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded that Turkish authorities end a criminal investigation into rights activists after they were arrested at an International Women’s Day (IWD) rally in Istanbul for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The offense is punishable with a prison sentence of between one and four years. HRW said the investigation is a violation of freedom of expression. On March 10, police detained 13 activists, including a 17-year-old, after an operation ordered by the Istanbul prosecutor’s office. The following day, a court imposed travel bans on 17 women and additional judicial control orders o

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