Amnesty International condemns police crackdown in Turkey
From Amnesty
International;
What began as a peaceful
demonstration to save a park in Istanbul has turned into a terrible wave of
police repression against protesters throughout Turkey.
More
than 100,000 people have turned out to protest the shockingly excessive
measures used by police to disperse peaceful demonstrators. Amateur video
footage from one demonstration shows police officers kicking seemingly
defenseless protestors and beating them with batons.
This
is an escalating human rights crisis. Amnesty needs your help now. Call
on Turkey to end the use of excessive force on peaceful protestors.
Thousands
of protesters have been injured, many seriously, and there is at least one
confirmed death.
In
fact, the use of tear gas in closed areas is now becoming a health risk for
protesters and bystanders alike. Not only have police used tear gas canisters
as a weapon by deliberately firing them directly at nonviolent protestors, buttear gas has also been fired
directly into homes, businesses and even at the entrance of a hospital. Video footage has also captured very young childrenbeing treated for the effects of tear gas.
What
does Turkey's Prime Minister have to say for this violence?
Turkish
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan blames "foreign
governments" and social media for corrupting "his people". He's
called Twitter a "curse" and social media "a pain in the side of
society."
I
think I'm safe in saying that Twitter was not the cause of the outrageous and
abusive force used by Turkish police.
Please
help us turn up the pressure so that Prime Minister Erdogan and his administration get the
message --stop the blame game, respect human rights and end the
abuses now.
The
repression must end. The right to peaceful protest is under attack. Only
massive international outrage can move the needle now.
Defend
human rights with us now -- sign
this online petition demanding Turkey respect the right of peaceful protest and
stop the excessive use of force against demonstrators.
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