Another over 100 People Detained for Protesting Turkey’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Arrests
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Another over 100 people detained for protesting Turkey’s anti-LGBTQ+ arrests
Pro-LGBTQ+ protestors were tear-gassed, detained, and arrested in Turkey this week as they demonstrated against the government’s recent raids. Last weekend, raids picked up activists, journalists, and attendees at LGBTQ+ spaces, all under the propaganda of “keeping families safe.” “This is the widest crackdown on LGBTQ+ people in recent years,” said Human Rights Watch’s associate director and Turkey director, Emma Sinclair-Webb, The Guardian rep…
After a protest against the Turkish government's treatment of the LGBTQ community, eight people were arrested, including DW correspondent Tugba Tekerek.
The award-winning journalist Tuğba Tekerek was arrested last weekend during nationwide raids against the LGBTIQ* community. The case shows how the Turkish government is increasingly treating minority coverage as a criminal offence.
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