U.N. Urges Turkish Police to Exercise “Restraint”
Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 17:51Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay have advised “maximum restraint” following media reports of a violent police crackdown on peaceful protestors in Istanbul’s Gezi Park.
In a statement on Jun. 18 Pillay said, “The atmosphere is still…highly combustible, it is important that authorities recognise that the initial extremely heavy-handed response to the protests, which resulted in many injuries, is still a major part of the problem.”
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