Turkey declines to guarantee free speech protections for COP31 participants as arrests of activists trigger alarm

The mass detentions of environmental volunteers ahead of the July 7-8 NATO summit in Ankara are raising critical questions over civil liberties, protest rights and diplomatic guarantees as Turkey prepares to host the United Nations COP31 climate conference in the southern city of Antalya, from November 9 to 20, 2026, Nordic Monitor reported. Opposition lawmakers formally […] The post Turkey declines to guarantee free speech protections for COP31 participants as arrests of activists trigger al...

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