Turkey - Universal Periodic Review – international community must remind Turkey of its pledges

Reporters without borders

The United Nations Human Rights Council will begin reviewing Turkey's respect for fundamental freedoms tomorrow. Reporters Without Borders, which has consultative status with the UN, provided with council with a written contribution on freedom of information in Turkey last July. The situation has continued to worsen since then. Download the Reporters Without Borders contribution (June 2014) The Turkish authorities have steadily abandoned the undertakings they gave four years ago during the (...)

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