UN rights chief urges Turkish government, protesters to defuse tensions

[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Tuesday commended the Turkish government's decision to delay government construction that was the source of widespread protests in the past month, urging authorities to work to defuse tensions [press release]. The future of Gezi Park [JURIST news archive], a rare green space in Istanbul, will be established by a court decision subject to a referendum, in lieu of further police-protester confrontations. The proposed development of the park sparked...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/06/un-urges-turkish-government-protesters-to-defuse-tensions.php

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