Thursday, June 20th @ 18:30 Protesting in front of the Human Rights Monument

"Ottawa In Solidarity with Gezi Platform" members will meet in front of the monument to raise awareness and to protest human rights violations going on in Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara and in all other cities in Turkey. 

The AKP government must stop the attacks on protesters and honor the duty that physicians and other health professionals have to care for those in need.

Thursday, June 20th - @ 18:30 at the corner of Lisgar and Elgin streets.

“The police assault on a peaceful crowd in Gezi Park and teargas use in confined spaces showed a dangerous disregard for the well-being – and indeed the lives – of protesters and bystanders,” said Emma Sinclair-Webb, senior Turkey researcher at Human Rights Watch.

In cases against Turkey involving the use of harmful gases such as teargas and pepper spray, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has made clear its disquiet about such use and stated that if a harmful spray is to be used there have to be “clear instructions as to when [it] may be used, which should state explicitly that [it] should not be used in a confined area.”