The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) announced that Governorates and District Governorates have banned protests and demonstrations 147 times between the dates January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2020 with the shortest ban lasting for 2 days and the longest lasting for 395 days. TIHV indicated that 25 million 183 thousand 911 citizens residing in 21 provinces and one district were deprived of their right to meeting and demonstration within this 13-month period. “This fact is making the right to meeting and demonstration, which is guaranteed by Article 34 of the Turkish Constitution, a hollow notion,” the foundation stated.
13.02.2020
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