AKP legal expert says counter-terrorism laws will be broadened to target those who ‘ideologically support’ terrorist acts,days after Ankara bombing blamed on PKKTurkey is working on widening the definition of a “terrorism crime” to include those who exercise the media to support or praise acts of violence, a senior official from the ruling party said on Wednesday, and days after a suicide bombing killed 37 people. The president,Recep Tayyip Erdoan, said on Monday that Turkey’s counter-terrorism laws, or already seen by rights groups as too invasive and used in recent months to detain academics and journalists,should be widened further. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com