Question 10234 — foreign policy

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Ms Laurence Gayte draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the situation of human rights activists imprisoned in Türkiye. On June 24, 2018, Turkish President Erdogan was re-elected with more than 53% of the vote. The European Union declared on June 26, 2018 that the electoral campaign had not been fair and President Macron stressed the importance of a peaceful dialogue between Turkey and the EU, in the respect for the principles and values ​​that are common to us. Following the referendum of April 2017 transforming the Turkish parliamentary regime into a presidential regime, President Erdogan now concentrates all executive powers and has the possibility of remaining in the presidency until 2029. Turkey has for several years been the scene of an authoritarian drift, which has been reinforced since the failed coup d'état of 2016. Thus, the President Erdogan has severely restricted public freedoms, threatened to reinstate the death penalty and the repression of journalists is a matter of concern for Western countries. The situation of human rights activists raises questions. Around ten human rights defenders, and especially Taner Kiliç, president of Amnesty International Turkey, and Idil Eser, director general of Amnesty, were arrested between June and July 2017. Despite a release decision in January 2018, a year later, Taner Kiliç is still in detention, accused of belonging to a terrorist organization. It is exceptional that a member of this NGO, which has special consultative status at the UN Human Rights Council, is incarcerated for such a long time. A new hearing in the trial of Mr. Taner Kilic took place on June 21, 2018 and ordered his continued detention until the next hearing, on November 7, 2018. In such a context, she asks him what actions the French Government is taking to act in favor of human rights activists imprisoned in Turkey.

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