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Turkey: Freedoms suffer as government blocks decades-old mothers’ vigil
August 29, 2018 By Faith Matters

Turkey: Freedoms suffer as government blocks decades-old mothers’ vigil

Every Saturday for 23 years, dozens of people have held a vigil in a central Istanbul square, sitting in silence and holding pictures of relatives who went missing in police detention. The group was about to stage their 700th demonstration last Saturday when Turkish police told them their protest was banned, before firing tear gas […]

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