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Amnesty International: Susan Sarandon offers her support to Amnesty’s campaign on Turkey

Our thanks goes out to Susan Sarandon, who has offered her generous support to Amnesty’s on-going campaign to protect freedom of expression and assembly and end police violence in Turkey. She has helped support our petition drive through twitter and now has written an open letter calling on others to lend their support as well. In her letter, she writes: [...] → Read the full article…

Hürriyet Daily News: Amnesty Turkey’s meeting with Istanbul governor ends in ‘disappointment’

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The meeting of Amnesty International Turkey officials with Istanbul Gov. Hüseyin Avni Mutlu to invite him to stop police violence against peaceful protesters yesterday ended with disappointment, AI Turkey director Murat Çekiç has said. “Unfortunately, Mr. Governor kept saying that police violence had a basis in legitimate cause. In that sense our meeting was a disappointment. On the other hand, [...] → Read the full article…