Türkiye: Students, Journalists on Trial for Protest

Türkiye is set to prosecute hundreds of people, mainly students, who protested the detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in hasty, mass trials, scheduled to begin on April 18, 2015, Human Rights Watch said today.

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