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In Turkey, prosecutions for “insulting the president” are on the rise

Le recours à l’article 299 du code pénal turc a explosé ces dernières années, utilisé contre des opposants, des journalistes, des humoristes et des citoyens ordinaires.

Source : Le Figaro — International Machine translation; the original is in English.

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