The West’s response to the democratic backsliding occurring in Turkey under Erdogan (which is accelerating post-coup) should be the steadfast support of bottom-up democratisation efforts in Turkey. However, if the West decides that strategic interests in Turkey trump liberal principles, its weakening liberal international order will be hit further and hasten the arrival of a post-Western order.
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Le 1er août 2016, le Bénin va célébrer le 56ème anniversaire de son accession à l'indépendance. Dans ce cadre, le ministère de la Jeunesse, des Sports et des loisirs (MJSL) a lancé le week-end dernier, les éliminatoires de la Coupe de l'indépendance dont la finale aura lieu dans l'après-midi après le défilé civile et militaire. Ce dimanche 24 juillet, la direction des Sports d'élites du ministère des sports a fait jouer les sélections départementales. Ainsi, à Parakou, la sélection du Zou a battu celle de l'Atacora par un score de 1-0. L'Ouémé a sèchement dominé le Mono sur le score de 3-0 à Cotonou. A Bohicon, le Borgou et l'Atlantique se sont neutralisés sur la marque de 1-1. A l'épreuve fatidique des tirs au but, la sélection du Borgou a pris le dessus par 5 tirs contre 4. En demi-finales, le Zou affronte le Borgou et l'Ouémé sera face à l'Atlantique. Selon le directeur des sports d'élites, Ali Yaro, les demi-finales auront lieu le jeudi 28 juillet 2016.
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Director General of ELIAMEP Dr Thanos Dokos wrote an article in the Sunday edition of Eleftheros Typos newspaper, analysing Greek-Turkish relations after the coup. The article is available here (in Greek). It was published on 24 July 2016.
Le ministre bulgare de la Défense, Nikolai Nenchev, a affirmé que des avions russes ont pénétré dans l’espace aérien et/ou dans la zone de responsabilité aérienne de la Bulgarie à 10 reprises au cours du mois dernier. S’exprimant sur la chaine de télévision Nova TV, le 24 juillet, il a décrit ces incidents comme des […]
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Qui est Ivan Goran Kovačić, auteur du poème Jama, désormais bien oublié de la littérature croate ? A la découverte d'un écrivain peut-être trop vite laissé de côté.
Par Déborah Grbac
Cet été, j'ai eu du boulot, je me suis rendue en Croatie avec une traduction à peaufiner et à boucler au plus tôt. L'auteur est un Croate qui écrivait dans les années quarante du siècle dernier, le style est compliqué, un poète, auteur d'un poème appelé « Jama ». Le poème était devenu dans les années qui suivirent la Seconde Guerre (...)
Qui est Ivan Goran Kovačić, auteur du poème Jama, désormais bien oublié de la littérature croate ? A la découverte d'un écrivain peut-être trop vite laissé de côté.
Par Déborah Grbac
Cet été, j'ai eu du boulot, je me suis rendue en Croatie avec une traduction à peaufiner et à boucler au plus tôt. L'auteur est un Croate qui écrivait dans les années quarante du siècle dernier, le style est compliqué, un poète, auteur d'un poème appelé « Jama ». Le poème était devenu dans les années qui suivirent la Seconde Guerre (...)
La Banque africaine d'import-export (Afreximbank) et son homologue chinoise (Exim Bank of China) s'engagent à apporter jusqu'à 1 milliard de dollars de financement pour le développement de parcs industriels à travers le continent. Une initiative dénommée "China-Africa Investment and Industrialization Programme".
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In Turkey, human rights are in grave danger following coup attempt and subsequent crackdown. President Erdogan’s announcement of the imposition of a state of emergency must not pave the way for a roll-back in human rights or be used as a pretext to further clamp down on freedom of expression and protections against arbitrary detention and torture, said Amnesty International in a report.
“In a situation where almost 10,000 people are currently in detention, amidst allegations of ill-treatment in custody, and when government ministries and media institutions are being purged, the enhanced powers afforded by the state of emergency could pave the way for a further roll back on human rights,” said Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International’s Turkey researcher.
Although exact figures are unclear, Turkish authorities report that 208 people were killed and more than 1,400 injured across Istanbul and Ankara on Friday night when a faction of the military attempted to seize power, raiding TV stations and firing on the parliament and presidential buildings. Those killed include 24 people described by authorities as ‘coup plotters’, some of whom were reportedly lynched while unarmed and trying to surrender. Civilians were also killed when they took to the streets following a call for protest from President Tayyip Erdogan, facing down tanks and helicopters.
In the days following the coup attempt the Turkish government has made sweeping purges within the army, judiciary and civilian branches of the ministry of interior: 7,543 ‘coup plotters’ have been detained, 318 of whom have been placed in pre-trial detention. 7,000 police have been suspended and 2700 judges and prosecutors have been removed from their posts, representing just under a fifth of the judiciary. 450 members of the judiciary have been detained.
Although military school cadets who were arrested following the failed coup in Turkey were unwitting participants because their commanders told them they would be attending a “surprise party” for the new head of the academy, many of those imprisoned are subjected to inhuman treatments.
Turkish troops imprisoned after the failed military coup are being raped, starved and left without water for days, says Amnesty.
Many of the 10,000 detainees are locked up in horses’ stables and sports halls – some hogtied in horrific stress positions, according to human rights campaigners.
More than 200 died in the uprising which aimed to topple dictatorial President Recep Erdogan – and 1,500 were injured.
Amnesty says it has ‘credible evidence’ Turkish police are holding detainees in stress positions for up to 48 hours, denying them food, water and medical treatment and in the worst cases some have been subjected to severe beatings and torture, including rape.
John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Europe director, said: “Reports of abuse including beatings and rape in detention are extremely alarming, especially given the scale of detentions that we have seen in the past week.
“Despite chilling images and videos of torture that have been widely broadcast across the country, the government has remained conspicuously silent on the abuse. “
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