Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Turkey: Government Targeting Academics

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Expand Turkish riot policemen walk over academic gowns laid down during a protest against the dismissal of academics from universities in the Cebeci campus of Ankara University © 2017 Reuters/Umit Bektas (Berlin) – The Turkish government’s dismissal of thousands of academics and the prosecution of hundreds more, together with interference with academics’ work and student protests, is leading to self-censorship and hollowing out academic freedom in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. “The Turkish government’s crackdown is targeting academics and damaging its universities” said Hugh…

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