Turkey: at least 63 arrests in anti-LGBT+ crackdown

Turkish police arrested 63 LGBT+ activists on Sunday in a large-scale operation.

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The Islamist-conservative government justifies the arrests as « protecting the family ».

Human rights defenders condemn the crackdown on sexual minorities.

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