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Turkey: Joint Oral Statement at 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
At the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, ARTICLE 19 delivered a joint statement on behalf of a group of civil society organisations, including the ECPMF.
Item 4: General Debate
42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Joint Statement delivered by ARTICLE 19 on behalf of a group of civil society organisations
Delivered by Lucy Bye
Mr. President,
It is now over three years since the Turkish Government intensified its repressive crackdown against oppositional and dissenting voices in the country. This ongoing freedom of expression crisis demands the Council’s urgent attention.
Although the State of Emergency was lifted in July 2018, the sweeping…