BREAKING NEWS TURKEY’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ORDERS LIFTING OF TWITTER BAN - REPORTS Turkey’s Constitutional Court: Twitter Ban Violates Free Speech Twitter ban imposed by Turkey’s government violates freedom of expression and individual rights and should be lifted, said the country’s Constitutional Court after voting unanimously on Wednesday. The ban has caused mass protests and public uproar. The Court has unanimously ruled the ban is a violation of free speech guaranteed by Article 26 of the Constitution. According to Hurriyet Daily, an order to lift the ban has been issued. If they dont abide by the ruling, we will file a criminal complaint against the TİB by attaching the ruling of the Constitutional Court, said Metin Feyzioğlu, the president of Turkeys Bar Associations (TBB), as cited by Hurriyet. The decision is to be delivered to TİB and Turkeys Transport, Maritime and Communication Ministry with the demand that they follow the order. The country’s telecom authority (TIB) blocked Twitter in Turkey on March 21 following Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s threat that he would root out the social media network. His condemnation came after audio recordings of his alleged conversations suggesting corruption were leaked to circulate into social media, including YouTube and Twitter, on the eve of local elections. DETAILS TO FOLLOW 2 April 2014 rt/news/turkey-twitter-speech-court-921/ --- Image: Turkey Twitter - jpg Credit: AFP Photo / Ozan Kose ---
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:49:01 +0000
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