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Amnesty urges Turkey to drop charges against 11 LGBTQ+ activists
Amnesty International has launched a campaign urging Turkish authorities to drop charges against 11 LGBTQ+ activists who are being prosecuted over social media posts the authorities labelled as “obscene.” Emirhan Şaşmaz, Kerem Dikmen and nine other board members of the İzmir-based Young LGBTI+ Association are facing trial for alleged violations of Turkey’s Law on Associations. The post Amnesty urges Turkey to drop charges against 11 LGBTQ+ activists appeared first on Stockholm Center for ...
18 Mar, 15:50 — 18 Mar, 15:50
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