Solidarity from Armenian Civic Activists to Istanbul protesters
11:37, June 3, 2013 | Press Release | Freedom of Assembly and Association, Right to Life | PoliceThe recent news coming from Taksim Square, Istanbul, is worrying. We, Armenian civic activists, express our support and solidarity to all those activists fighting for human rights and democratisation processes in Turkey. We condemn the use of force against peaceful demonstrators, which has resulted deaths, dozens of injuries and the detention of hundreds.
There is no alternative to democracy. Human rights have no borders. We call for the respect of the basic rights of citizens to hold peaceful demonstrations. We simultaneously demand that the issue be properly investigated by the Council of Europe and other international organisations.
We are sure that our generation in Armenia, in Turkey, and in other countries will be able to build democratic societies which will endorse regional and global, dynamic and equal human development. We express our solidarity to all human rights defenders in Turkey, in Armenia and all over the world. We are for the human rights protection and full enjoyment and realization of rights of all citizens and peoples.