{"id":1680,"date":"2024-04-05T16:19:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:50:44","slug":"newsletter-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1680","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Our statement: Upcoming elections in Turkey: Neither free nor fair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to identifying violations of the principle of free and fair elections in accordance with the Protocol 1, Article 3 of the Human Rights Act, it is important to draw consequences from violations. European institutions, especially the Council of Europe, need to be more proactive here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1665<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memorandum by the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights Dunja Mijatovic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey reverse a critically hostile environment for freedom of expression and for journalists, human rights defenders and civil society.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/commissioner\/-\/t%C3%BCrkiye-reverse-a-critically-hostile-environment-for-freedom-of-expression-and-for-journalists-human-rights-defenders-and-civil-society\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Report by UN Syria Commission of Inquiry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkish aerial attacks on power plants deprived nearly one million people of water &amp; electricity for weeks, in violation of international humanitarian law. Civilians were also killed. Such attacks may amount to war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2024\/03\/un-commission-inquiry-syria-too-desperately-needs-ceasefire\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Report by the US Department of Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent report issued by the US Department of Defense indicates that the terrorist ISIS group persists in utilizing Turkey for the transfer of funds and to facilitate support for its regional and global activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-nordic-monitor wp-block-embed-nordic-monitor\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EHPvMptWXG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2024\/02\/pentagon-report-says-isis-taps-turkey-for-cash-transfers-to-support-global-ops\/\">Pentagon report says ISIS taps Turkey for cash transfers to support global ops<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pentagon report says ISIS taps Turkey for cash transfers to support global ops&#8221; &#8212; Nordic Monitor\" src=\"https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2024\/02\/pentagon-report-says-isis-taps-turkey-for-cash-transfers-to-support-global-ops\/embed\/#?secret=0iNKbWOGFS#?secret=EHPvMptWXG\" data-secret=\"EHPvMptWXG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EU Turkey Civic Commission<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eutcc.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.eutcc.net<\/a><br>Twitter: @EUTCC1<br>Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our statement: Upcoming elections in Turkey: Neither free nor fair In addition to identifying violations of the principle of free and fair elections in accordance with the Protocol 1, Article 3 of the Human Rights Act, it is important to&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=1680\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1887,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions\/1887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}