Turkish police briefly detain two Belgians at human rights protest

[ozgurluk at xs4all.nl]

   ANKARA, July 25 (AFP) - Turkish police Saturday briefly detained  
two Belgians attending a human rights protest in the Aegean port of 
Izmir, the Anatolia news agency said. 
   The two Belgians were detained for "attending an illegal  
demonstration," the agency quoted police officials as saying. 
   But the two were later released after they were briefly  
questioned at the police headquarters, it said. 
   The protest was organised by a human rights group called the  
Izmir Rights and Freedoms Platform in protest at alleged human 
rights violations in Turkey. 
   Two weeks ago, seven Austrian tourists were detained after  
taking pictures of another human rights protest in central Ankara. 
They were released the next day. 
  	   	

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