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un.org – United Nations Web Services Section
The Secretary-General met on Tuesday 21 June 2016 with Christophe Deloire, Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The Secretary-General commended RSF for its courageous and vital work to protect press freedom and freedom of speech.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meeting with the RSF has demanded immediate release of RSF Turkey Representative Erol Önderoğlu.
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The Union of Turkish Bar Associations has issued a stern warning against a controversial draft bill seeking to restructure the country’s judiciary and extend the powers of the president to assign high court members, in a full-page advertisement in daily Hürriyet
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Vía Erkan’s Field Diary http://ift.tt/28Oplpk
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