Human rights groups say an overnight vote by the Turkish parliament to amend a law restricting free speech does not go far enough. Activists say the law known as Article 301 should be scrapped completely.
It has been used in the past to prosecute hundreds of people, including Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and other intellectuals, on the charge of insulting Turkishness. The European Commission welcomed the change to the law but asked that Ankara take further steps to ensure that unwarranted prosecutions stop. The change in the law was made following criticism from the EU of Turkey Turkey's taboos ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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