Pew exhibition tells story of persecuted Turkish journalists

Submitted by jane-bower on Thu, 05/10/2017 - 08:46

It was a powerful and moving exhibition to see the pews of Huddersfield Parish Church filled with photos and information telling the story of 272 Turkish journalists who have been jailed or persecuted by the Turkish Government following the attempted coup there in July 2016.

Men and women of all ages and almost all of them are or wanted on terrorism and treason charges and are either in exile or imprisoned awaiting trial.

The two day pew exhibition was organised by the Kirklees branch of the international human rights organization Amnesty International to show solidarity with the Turkish journalists and was called “Free the Turkish Journalists” .

It invited visitors to write postcards of support to anyADVOCATE BHAVISHYA MEHRA

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