DECRYPTION – Journalists and human rights defenders are concerned about a proposed law that risks further criminalizing their work.
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Some opposition elected officials do not hesitate to speak of “ the most dangerous law ever written in Türkiye “. Many compare it, even worse, to similar texts adopted in Russia, Georgia or Hungary. Even the employers’ organization Tüsiad, which rarely ventures to comment on political life, was moved by a ” new criminal definition which risks creating a climate of insecurity and unpredictability for all ».
Turkish parliamentarians are due to begin examining a law sponsored by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) this week. Soberly titled « bill amending the law on notaries and other laws », the text includes an article which significantly broadens the definition of espionage. It provides for three to seven years in prison for those who “ commit a crime against the security of the State or its internal or external political interests in accordance with…
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