01/05/2025 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews
🔸 Turkish police detained over 300 people attempting to march to Taksim Square for May Day, despite a government ban. Protesters, including lawyers, students and trade unionists, called for labour rights and democratic freedoms.
🔸 Marking International Workers’ Day, the lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan have responded to an invitation from the Zurich May Day Festival, sending a message on behalf of their client, who was invited as keynote speaker.
🔸 Amnesty International’s annual report reveals a worsening global human rights crisis in 2024, highlighting severe issues including climate-induced displacement, unchecked digital surveillance, and increased repression against activists, minorities, and refugees across various regions worldwide.
🔸 A new report published on Wednesday by Bahçeşehir University Centre for Economic and Social Research (BETAM) warns that deep poverty remains a chronic and widespread crisis in Turkey, with an estimated 6.5 million people unable to afford five out of six essential living needs as of 2023.
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