By Ocean County Leader |
Apr 16, 2024
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, led a congressional hearing today addressing the concerning human rights violations and transnational repression carried out by the Government of Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.During the hearing, Smith highlighted the alarming situation in Turkey, stating, “Since 2016, the government of Turkey has, according to the US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, ‘arrested or imprisoned more than 95,000 citizens, and closed more than 1,500 nongovernmental organizations…primarily for...