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Paris-Geneva, January 15, 2021 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) is deeply concerned about a last set of amendments, recently passed by Turkey’s Grand National Assembly, which have the potential to further restrict freedom of association and to curb civil society activities in Turkey. We call on the authorities in Turkey to immediately reverse these recent legislative changes, which have been approved despite harsh criticism [1] by civil society actors. The controversial bill came into force on December 31, 2020 under the name of “Law no. 7262 on the Prevention of Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”. Whereas the purported objective [2] of the Law is to implement a number of UN Security Council resolutions [3] as well as the recommendations [4] of the Financial Action Task Force, the majority of the articles either have no direct connection to this objective or provide for measures manifestly exceeding this

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