Turkeys western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

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Turkeys western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

Turkey’s unabated march towards authoritarianism continues this week with the trial of 11 human rights workers there facing terrorism-related charges and up to 15 years in prison. Two of the defendants, Idil Eser and Taner Kilic, work for Amnesty International and are among the thousands who have been swept up in the crackdowns the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have instituted since the attempted coup against him July 2016.

Recent visa-related spat aside, President Donald Trump has been largely supportive of Erdogan and his policies. According to Erdogan, Trump even apologized for a May fight between his security staff and protesters in Washington, D.C. in which arrest warrants were issued for twelve members of Erdogan’s security team. (The White House denies that Trump issued an apology for the fight.)

Eser, director of Amnesty International (AI) in Turkey, was among the ten rights activists arrested in July in what Andrew Gardner, an Istanbul-based AI researcher, described as a “routine workshop.” Kilic, chair of AI’s Turkey operations, had already been arrested in June, accused of having ties with Erdogan’s opposition and bete noir, dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen. He’s also accused of downloading ByLock, an encrypted messaging app Turkish police have said was used by Gulenists to plan the coup, although according to their own records, the use of ByLock is not a basis for arrest.

AI has received a list of the evidence against Eser, Kilic, and the other arrested rights activists, and has rejected them — and the case — as “politically motivated” and based on “trumped up terrorism charges.” Indeed, the evidence presented by the state against the rights activists looks familiar to many who have found themselves in court in an authoritarian state: innocuous text messages between activists are interpreted as attempts to organize “secret” meetings; enrolling a child in a school associated with Gulenists is taken as support for Gulen; asking workshop participants to turn off their phones during the event is seen as an attempt to avoid police detection.

Turkey’s western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

We here in America are only half a decade behind Turkey with their religious fascism. Better wake up and vote democrat!

 

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Turkeys western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

Turkey’s unabated march towards authoritarianism continues this week with the trial of 11 human rights workers there facing terrorism-related charges and up to 15 years in prison. Two of the defendants, Idil Eser and Taner Kilic, work for Amnesty International and are among the thousands who have been swept up in the crackdowns the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have instituted since the attempted coup against him July 2016.

Recent visa-related spat aside, President Donald Trump has been largely supportive of Erdogan and his policies. According to Erdogan, Trump even apologized for a May fight between his security staff and protesters in Washington, D.C. in which arrest warrants were issued for twelve members of Erdogan’s security team. (The White House denies that Trump issued an apology for the fight.)

Eser, director of Amnesty International (AI) in Turkey, was among the ten rights activists arrested in July in what Andrew Gardner, an Istanbul-based AI researcher, described as a “routine workshop.” Kilic, chair of AI’s Turkey operations, had already been arrested in June, accused of having ties with Erdogan’s opposition and bete noir, dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen. He’s also accused of downloading ByLock, an encrypted messaging app Turkish police have said was used by Gulenists to plan the coup, although according to their own records, the use of ByLock is not a basis for arrest.

AI has received a list of the evidence against Eser, Kilic, and the other arrested rights activists, and has rejected them — and the case — as “politically motivated” and based on “trumped up terrorism charges.” Indeed, the evidence presented by the state against the rights activists looks familiar to many who have found themselves in court in an authoritarian state: innocuous text messages between activists are interpreted as attempts to organize “secret” meetings; enrolling a child in a school associated with Gulenists is taken as support for Gulen; asking workshop participants to turn off their phones during the event is seen as an attempt to avoid police detection.

Turkey’s western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

We here in America are only half a decade behind Turkey with their religious fascism. Better wake up and vote democrat!

Should we Nuke Mecca, Comrade Matty?

 

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Turkeys western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

Turkey’s unabated march towards authoritarianism continues this week with the trial of 11 human rights workers there facing terrorism-related charges and up to 15 years in prison. Two of the defendants, Idil Eser and Taner Kilic, work for Amnesty International and are among the thousands who have been swept up in the crackdowns the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have instituted since the attempted coup against him July 2016.

Recent visa-related spat aside, President Donald Trump has been largely supportive of Erdogan and his policies. According to Erdogan, Trump even apologized for a May fight between his security staff and protesters in Washington, D.C. in which arrest warrants were issued for twelve members of Erdogan’s security team. (The White House denies that Trump issued an apology for the fight.)

Eser, director of Amnesty International (AI) in Turkey, was among the ten rights activists arrested in July in what Andrew Gardner, an Istanbul-based AI researcher, described as a “routine workshop.” Kilic, chair of AI’s Turkey operations, had already been arrested in June, accused of having ties with Erdogan’s opposition and bete noir, dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen. He’s also accused of downloading ByLock, an encrypted messaging app Turkish police have said was used by Gulenists to plan the coup, although according to their own records, the use of ByLock is not a basis for arrest.

AI has received a list of the evidence against Eser, Kilic, and the other arrested rights activists, and has rejected them — and the case — as “politically motivated” and based on “trumped up terrorism charges.” Indeed, the evidence presented by the state against the rights activists looks familiar to many who have found themselves in court in an authoritarian state: innocuous text messages between activists are interpreted as attempts to organize “secret” meetings; enrolling a child in a school associated with Gulenists is taken as support for Gulen; asking workshop participants to turn off their phones during the event is seen as an attempt to avoid police detection.

Turkey’s western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

We here in America are only half a decade behind Turkey with their religious fascism. Better wake up and vote democrat!

It's amazing how ignorant you are.

The 2 largest human rights breakers are communists and muslims.

2 things you support, just like the dnc does.

 

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Turkeys western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

Turkey’s unabated march towards authoritarianism continues this week with the trial of 11 human rights workers there facing terrorism-related charges and up to 15 years in prison. Two of the defendants, Idil Eser and Taner Kilic, work for Amnesty International and are among the thousands who have been swept up in the crackdowns the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have instituted since the attempted coup against him July 2016.

Recent visa-related spat aside, President Donald Trump has been largely supportive of Erdogan and his policies. According to Erdogan, Trump even apologized for a May fight between his security staff and protesters in Washington, D.C. in which arrest warrants were issued for twelve members of Erdogan’s security team. (The White House denies that Trump issued an apology for the fight.)

Eser, director of Amnesty International (AI) in Turkey, was among the ten rights activists arrested in July in what Andrew Gardner, an Istanbul-based AI researcher, described as a “routine workshop.” Kilic, chair of AI’s Turkey operations, had already been arrested in June, accused of having ties with Erdogan’s opposition and bete noir, dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen. He’s also accused of downloading ByLock, an encrypted messaging app Turkish police have said was used by Gulenists to plan the coup, although according to their own records, the use of ByLock is not a basis for arrest.

AI has received a list of the evidence against Eser, Kilic, and the other arrested rights activists, and has rejected them — and the case — as “politically motivated” and based on “trumped up terrorism charges.” Indeed, the evidence presented by the state against the rights activists looks familiar to many who have found themselves in court in an authoritarian state: innocuous text messages between activists are interpreted as attempts to organize “secret” meetings; enrolling a child in a school associated with Gulenists is taken as support for Gulen; asking workshop participants to turn off their phones during the event is seen as an attempt to avoid police detection.

Turkey’s western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

We here in America are only half a decade behind Turkey with their religious fascism. Better wake up and vote democrat!

That's America, and it always has been.

Trumpeting Human Rights whenever they want to attack someone, like China, Iran etc, but supporting some of the worst Human Rights abusers the world has ever known, Stalin, Pol Pot, the Saudis, Pinochet, in fact the US has been known to fight Hitler while having racial segregation at home, go figure.

 

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Turkeys western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

Turkey’s unabated march towards authoritarianism continues this week with the trial of 11 human rights workers there facing terrorism-related charges and up to 15 years in prison. Two of the defendants, Idil Eser and Taner Kilic, work for Amnesty International and are among the thousands who have been swept up in the crackdowns the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have instituted since the attempted coup against him July 2016.

Recent visa-related spat aside, President Donald Trump has been largely supportive of Erdogan and his policies. According to Erdogan, Trump even apologized for a May fight between his security staff and protesters in Washington, D.C. in which arrest warrants were issued for twelve members of Erdogan’s security team. (The White House denies that Trump issued an apology for the fight.)

Eser, director of Amnesty International (AI) in Turkey, was among the ten rights activists arrested in July in what Andrew Gardner, an Istanbul-based AI researcher, described as a “routine workshop.” Kilic, chair of AI’s Turkey operations, had already been arrested in June, accused of having ties with Erdogan’s opposition and bete noir, dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen. He’s also accused of downloading ByLock, an encrypted messaging app Turkish police have said was used by Gulenists to plan the coup, although according to their own records, the use of ByLock is not a basis for arrest.

AI has received a list of the evidence against Eser, Kilic, and the other arrested rights activists, and has rejected them — and the case — as “politically motivated” and based on “trumped up terrorism charges.” Indeed, the evidence presented by the state against the rights activists looks familiar to many who have found themselves in court in an authoritarian state: innocuous text messages between activists are interpreted as attempts to organize “secret” meetings; enrolling a child in a school associated with Gulenists is taken as support for Gulen; asking workshop participants to turn off their phones during the event is seen as an attempt to avoid police detection.

Turkey’s western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

We here in America are only half a decade behind Turkey with their religious fascism. Better wake up and vote democrat!

Yeah. Vote democrat and become an Islamic Theocracy faster than under republicans.

 

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Just the word activist means they deserve what they get.

 

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Turkeys western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

Turkey’s unabated march towards authoritarianism continues this week with the trial of 11 human rights workers there facing terrorism-related charges and up to 15 years in prison. Two of the defendants, Idil Eser and Taner Kilic, work for Amnesty International and are among the thousands who have been swept up in the crackdowns the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have instituted since the attempted coup against him July 2016.

Recent visa-related spat aside, President Donald Trump has been largely supportive of Erdogan and his policies. According to Erdogan, Trump even apologized for a May fight between his security staff and protesters in Washington, D.C. in which arrest warrants were issued for twelve members of Erdogan’s security team. (The White House denies that Trump issued an apology for the fight.)

Eser, director of Amnesty International (AI) in Turkey, was among the ten rights activists arrested in July in what Andrew Gardner, an Istanbul-based AI researcher, described as a “routine workshop.” Kilic, chair of AI’s Turkey operations, had already been arrested in June, accused of having ties with Erdogan’s opposition and bete noir, dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen. He’s also accused of downloading ByLock, an encrypted messaging app Turkish police have said was used by Gulenists to plan the coup, although according to their own records, the use of ByLock is not a basis for arrest.

AI has received a list of the evidence against Eser, Kilic, and the other arrested rights activists, and has rejected them — and the case — as “politically motivated” and based on “trumped up terrorism charges.” Indeed, the evidence presented by the state against the rights activists looks familiar to many who have found themselves in court in an authoritarian state: innocuous text messages between activists are interpreted as attempts to organize “secret” meetings; enrolling a child in a school associated with Gulenists is taken as support for Gulen; asking workshop participants to turn off their phones during the event is seen as an attempt to avoid police detection.

Turkey’s western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

We here in America are only half a decade behind Turkey with their religious fascism. Better wake up and vote democrat!

1. Turkey's a sovereign state, we really have no control over them.

2. Pressure from the US would actually strengthen the forces of fundies.

3. Makes those "Racists" who sabotaged Turkey's entry into the EU look a lot smarter than those liberals in favor of it.


4. Hey, I know! Lets import as many people of that culture as we can. Think how much that will add to our cultural fusion.


5. Your anti-Christian bigotry is noted and held against you. Again. Try to be less of a bigot.

 

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Turkeys western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

Turkey’s unabated march towards authoritarianism continues this week with the trial of 11 human rights workers there facing terrorism-related charges and up to 15 years in prison. Two of the defendants, Idil Eser and Taner Kilic, work for Amnesty International and are among the thousands who have been swept up in the crackdowns the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have instituted since the attempted coup against him July 2016.

Recent visa-related spat aside, President Donald Trump has been largely supportive of Erdogan and his policies. According to Erdogan, Trump even apologized for a May fight between his security staff and protesters in Washington, D.C. in which arrest warrants were issued for twelve members of Erdogan’s security team. (The White House denies that Trump issued an apology for the fight.)

Eser, director of Amnesty International (AI) in Turkey, was among the ten rights activists arrested in July in what Andrew Gardner, an Istanbul-based AI researcher, described as a “routine workshop.” Kilic, chair of AI’s Turkey operations, had already been arrested in June, accused of having ties with Erdogan’s opposition and bete noir, dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen. He’s also accused of downloading ByLock, an encrypted messaging app Turkish police have said was used by Gulenists to plan the coup, although according to their own records, the use of ByLock is not a basis for arrest.

AI has received a list of the evidence against Eser, Kilic, and the other arrested rights activists, and has rejected them — and the case — as “politically motivated” and based on “trumped up terrorism charges.” Indeed, the evidence presented by the state against the rights activists looks familiar to many who have found themselves in court in an authoritarian state: innocuous text messages between activists are interpreted as attempts to organize “secret” meetings; enrolling a child in a school associated with Gulenists is taken as support for Gulen; asking workshop participants to turn off their phones during the event is seen as an attempt to avoid police detection.

Turkey’s western allies silent as 11 human rights activists are dragged to court

We here in America are only half a decade behind Turkey with their religious fascism. Better wake up and vote democrat!

Most of Western Europe is full of feckless left/center-left weasels who will deal with anyone, and don't want to upset their own muslim populations, many of which are turks.

And if Trump actually did do something like petition to kick Turkey out of NATO (which would please the Greeks and a lot of Eastern Europe) your side would then go on about how mean he is and how divisive he is.

 

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