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Former U.S. president Obama endorses Macron in French campaign

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

Former U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron for France’s presidential election to be held on Sunday. Obama in a video message, praised Macron for appealing “to people’s hopes and not their fears”. “The French election is very important to the future of France

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520 children of imprisoned mothers growing up in jail, yet Turkey celebrates Children’s Day

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

As Turkey celebrated the 97th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Parliament and National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23, at least 520 children with imprisoned mothers have been deprived of enjoying the day as they are obliged to grow up in jail. According to recent data released by the Ministry of Justice, […]

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7 lawyers detained as post-coup crackdown unabated

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

At least seven lawyers in the Kütahya province were detained as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown on Monday. The detainees are accused of having used ByLock, a smarthphone application that Turkish prosecutors claim to be the top communication tool among the Gülen movement followers. The government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15 […]

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Trump summons entire Senate to White House briefing on North Korea

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

The entire US Senate will go to the White House on Wednesday to be briefed by senior administration officials about the brewing confrontation with North Korea. The unusual briefing underlines the urgency with which the Trump administration is treating the threat posed by Pyongyang’s continuing development of nuclear weapons and missile technology. It follows a […]

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Why the result of Turkey’s referendum is broadly unacceptable to so many

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2017

The result of Turkey’s April 16 referendum handed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the right to expand his power practically without checks and balances. It granted him authority to control the parliament and judiciary and the power to rule Turkey by decree. But the razor-thin victory of the “yes” campaign has been strongly objected to by […]

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Turkey Is No Longer A Country Governed By The Rule Of Law

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

In a new report unveiled today as part of continuing series that focus on human rights violations and arbitrariness in the application of the law in Turkey, Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) concluded that the rule of law as we know no longer exists in Turkey. The comprehensive report titled “Turkey’s descent into arbitrariness: The end […]