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[miltiades]

"Turkish government bans May Day celebrations in historic Taksim square"

And this is the nation that insists on being our.....guarantor!!!

"The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the government of Turkey violated Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, on the right to freedom of association, when it used repressive measures against members of DISK and KESK to prevent the 2008 May Day rally in Taksim Square."


http://www.industriall-union.org/may-da ... -in-turkey

[Tim Drayton]

13.22
Negotiations have restarted in Beşiktaş' between the police and the May 1st organising committee.

[Tim Drayton]

"Turkish government bans May Day celebrations in historic Taksim square"

And this is the nation that insists on being our.....guarantor!!!

"The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the government of Turkey violated Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, on the right to freedom of association, when it used repressive measures against members of DISK and KESK to prevent the 2008 May Day rally in Taksim Square."


http://www.industriall-union.org/may-da ... -in-turkey

Was Greece any better under the fascist junta?

[Tim Drayton]

1330
In Beşiktaş, the police say that the provincial governor has proposed that a reasonable number march to Taksim. The delegation is refusing to concede. Negotiations are being conducted with the provincial governor.

[miltiades]

"Turkish government bans May Day celebrations in historic Taksim square"

And this is the nation that insists on being our.....guarantor!!!

"The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the government of Turkey violated Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, on the right to freedom of association, when it used repressive measures against members of DISK and KESK to prevent the 2008 May Day rally in Taksim Square."


http://www.industriall-union.org/may-da ... -in-turkey

Was Greece any better under the fascist junta?

I dont think so, both of these nations ought to be banned from Cyprus!

[Tim Drayton]

1336
The second round of negotiations with the police in Beşiktaş has ended. Now the leaders of a number of organisations will negotiate with the provincial governor. Police tell the May 1st committee that they have pushed their patience to the limit.

[Tim Drayton]

1409
Police intervene against the assembled group at Beşiktaş using tear gas, pressurised water and plastic bullets.

They are reported to be making large-scale arrests.

[Tim Drayton]

1535
It is alleged that special operations police officers have fired live ammunition at the crowd in Okmeydanı.

[Paphitis]

1535
It is alleged that special operations police officers have fired live ammunition at the crowd in Okmeydanı.

Was it the religious police?

[Tim Drayton]

A plain-clothes police officer, arresting one of the thirty or so people who briefly made it into Taksim square, captured on camera banging the young man's head against the tram rails.