Chairman of Turkish Amnesty detained

[Benny]

Authorities have detained the head of the Turkish Amnesty International, Mr Taner Kilic:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... nist-sweep

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[Anthea]

Authorities have detained the head of the Turkish Amnesty International, Mr Taner Kilic:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... nist-sweep

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It would appear nobody is safe for Erdogan

Turkish authorities have detained the local head of Amnesty International for alleged links to the network of the Muslim cleric Ankara blames for last year’s failed coup.

Police detained Taner Kiliç and 22 other lawyers in the Aegean coastal province of Izmir on suspicion of ties to the movement of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the human rights group said, citing a detention order

Since a coup attempt in July, authorities have arrested 50,000 people and sacked or suspended 150,000, including soldiers, police, teachers and public servants, over alleged links with terrorist groups.

“Taner Kiliç has a long and distinguished record of defending exactly the kind of freedoms that the Turkish authorities are now intent on trampling,” said Salil Shetty, Amnesty’s secretary general.