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Human rights groups call on EU leaders to prioritise fundamental rights ahead of Turkey visit
Turkey’s President Erdoğan gestures as he joins a video conference call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, in Brussels, Belgium, 19 March 2021, STEPHANIE LECOCQ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images EU leaders should send a strong, public message that improved relations, economic or otherwise, will be tied to substantial improvement in Turkey’s domestic human rights record.
This statement was originally published on freeturkeyjournalists.ipi on 1 April 2021.
International call stressed the much-needed progress on Turkey’s rule of law, fundamental rights and press freedom
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The organizers of the online conference, part of the forum, announced on their website that it will now take place from 1 March to 3 March. The program includes addresses by the ambassadors of France and Germany to Iran, according to the forum’s website presentation
Last December, a Europe-Iran Business Forum was cancelled following protests over the sentencing to death and execution of a dissident Iranian journalist, Ruhollah Zam.
At the time, several European countries, including France, Germany and Italy, protested the execution and pulled out of the online forum at which both EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif were due to speak.
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