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Armenian-origin human rights activist sent to prison over critical tweets: report

Armenian-origin human rights activist sent to prison over critical tweets: report

by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A Turkish court arrested Rozerin Zeri, a human rights activist of Armenian origin, due to her social media posts deemed to be “propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization.” According to a tweet posted by Acun Karadağ, a history teacher who was fired...
Turkish gov’t says 152 were detained due to social media posts last week

Turkish gov’t says 152 were detained due to social media posts last week

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 152 people have been detained over the past week on charges of disseminating propaganda on social media on behalf of the Gülen movement, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) or the Islamic State in Iraq and...
151 detained due to social media posts in past week: ministry

151 detained due to social media posts in past week: ministry

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 151 people have been detained over the past week on charges of disseminating propaganda on social media on behalf of the Gülen movement, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) or the Islamic State in Iraq and...
151 detained due to social media posts in past week: ministry

Ministry says 80 detained due to social media post over past week

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that at least 80 people were detained over the past week on charges of making propaganda on social media on behalf of the Gulen movement and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and...
Neighborhood head dismissed for using pro-Kurdish leader as Facebook profile picture

Neighborhood head dismissed for using pro-Kurdish leader as Facebook profile picture

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Mehmet Bayındır, the elected head of Sanayi neighborhood in Diyarbakır’s Bismil district for 10 years, was dismissed for using the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş as his profile picture on Facebook. Bayındır was also reported...
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