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Turkey: Sweeping Arrests, Torture, Censorship

On March 19, just days before the March 23 primaries of Turkey's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu -- the CHP's leading candidate who was thought by many possibly to win the next presidential election against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- was arrested on contested charges of "corruption and terrorism."

2025-05-02 03:32:11 0 Comment 21419 view

Thai Lawmakers Vote Thaksin's Daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra To Be Next PM

Thai lawmakers on Friday (Aug 16) elected the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, elevating a third member of the influential but divisive clan to the nation's top job

2024-08-16 13:13:45 1 Comment 45112 view

Turkey's Government Enables Terrorists

NEW YORK, US: Since 2002, Turkey has been ruled by the Islamist government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a vocal supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), a movement that seeks to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate based on Islamic sharia law.

2024-05-31 15:23:08 0 Comment 57974 view

Turkey: Torture Has Reached "Unprecedented Levels"

NEW YORK, U.S.--"Torture," read a joint statement by Turkey's Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) "is still Turkey's most important problem... Torture and other forms of ill-treatment in the streets and open areas, as well as in unofficial places of detention, have reached unprecedented levels in Turkey."

2022-07-30 18:22:59 0 Comment 126579 view