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Turkey editor, NGO staff held on ‘terror’ charge ahead of NATO summit
The editor-in-chief of a Turkish LGBTQ journal and 42 environmental volunteers were among 103 people jailed on terror charges ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara. The arrests, part of anti-terror police raids, included journalists and academics, with prosecutors alleging suspects aimed to portray Turkey as a terrorism hotspot. Human rights groups criticized the use of terrorism laws to silence critics.
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