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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Turkey's Erdogan Regime Cracks Down On Student For 'Insulting' Retweet

Turkey's Erdogan Regime Cracks Down On Student For 'Insulting' Retweet
By Clark Mindock @clarkmindock on June 15 2015 4:25 PM EDT

Retweets may not always be endorsements, but they can be enough to land you in police custody. A university student in Turkey was detained in her dorm room Monday and taken to a police bureau for questioning after retweeting a message that was “insulting” to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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