Efforts to curb the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic should not be used as an excuse to “silence critical voices”, Europe’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell said on Thursday, after more than a hundred of protesters were detained after protesting against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a controversial party member to head Istanbul’s Bogazici university.
“The European Union is seriously concerned over the negative developments in Turkey in the areas of the rule of law, human rights and the judiciary,” the Union’s External Action Service (EEAS) said in a statement.
“The COVID-19 pandemic cannot be used as a means to silence critical voices,” it added, arguing that the st
Read more at:
EU tells Turkey pandemic not an excuse to ‘silence critical voices’ | New Europe
No comments:
Post a Comment