HKP members who protested NATO summit in Ankara face charges: ‘Their defense cannot be trusted’
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Prosecutors charged 19 People’s Liberation Party members over a protest against the 36th NATO Summit in Ankara.
- Four of the defendants also face charges of resisting officials while attempting to prevent them from performing their duties.
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against 19 members of the People’s Liberation Party, known by its Turkish initials HKP, over a protest against the 36th NATO Summit.
The defendants face accusations of participating without weapons in an unlawful meeting and march, and failing to disperse voluntarily despite a warning.
Four of the 19 members also face a separate charge of resisting officials in an attempt to prevent them from carrying out their duties. The prosecution has described the defendants’ defenses as untrustworthy.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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