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The Turkish opposition's frontrunner and scores of politicians from the main opposition party were detained this morning. This is a coup against the main opposition party, with far-reaching consequences for Turkey’s political regime. Since the country’s transition to democratic

The detention of Istanbul mayor İmamoğlu plus 100 others is a major leap towards full autocracy by Erdogan’s regime. The EU cannot let this pass without serious consequences. #imamoğlu

Protests have broken out across Turkey after opposition leader and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained. This one is in the small Black Sea city of Rize.

Protest in Istanbul turned into a concert, when famous writer and singer Zülfü Livaneli started to sing to what looks like a few hundred thousands.

After massive demonstrations protesting the Erdoğan regime, which has been targeting Ekrem İmamoğlu—Erdoğan’s main rival—the regime has de facto transitioned to a state of emergency. TV channels have been shut down, demonstrations banned. A curfew is likely the next step.

Five journalists reportedly detained in early morning house raids: AFP News Agency staff photographer Yasin Akgül, Now Haber reporter Ali Onur Tosun, photojournalist Bülent Kılıç Bulent KILIC, journalist Zeynep Kuray & İBB photojournalist Kurtuluş Arı, according to Journalists’ Union of Turkey.

More details and additional detentions of journalists covering the protests in Istanbul. #gazeteciliksuçdeğildir

Photojournalist Murat Kocabaş was detained from his home in İzmir by the anti-terrorism police.

A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.

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One by one, the Trump admin is going after people for speech they don't like. Rumeysa Ozturk, a Fulbright Scholar, was ambushed on the street for criticizing U.S. foreign policy. This isn’t immigration enforcement. It’s political repression. She must be released immediately.

A Istanbul, rassemblement impressionnant en faveur de la démocratie et au nom du fondateur de la république de Turquie .

In an unprecedented move mimicking Trump's crackdowns in the U.S., Germany is moving to deport four foreign residents for alleged participation in pro-Palestine protests. Hanno Hauenstein reports with The Intercept. 972mag.com/germany-deport…

Erdogan government asks Elon Musk’s X to ban Presidential candidate Imamoglu’s account, and Musk obeys. Twitter’s sale to Musk has been a disaster for democracy everywhere in the world.

Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal. And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.

#Gaza: We warned against the militarized & politicized «aid» hubs that today ended in chaos and aid stolen & diverted from families in need. This fiasco could have been averted if our normal humanitarian system had not been blocked for months by Israel. timesofisrael.com/gazans-overrun…

One thing I’m grateful for is that the international activists in Cairo exposed what Egyptians endure under the most brutal regime in the Middle East. The number of cases of torture & disappearances of Egyptians could fill books, yet some Arabs and foreigners downplay it.

Local and international human rights groups estimate that Egypt is holding as many as 60,000 political prisoners and detainees behind bars since Sisi took office. A lot of people have forgotten this reality.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, according to a Reuters review of an investigation that has accelerated dramatically in recent days reut.rs/40JaSHC