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Rail workers vote overwhelmingly to support jailed journalists in Turkey
TSSA affiliates to the Journalists for Democracy in Turkey and Kurdistan campaign

RAIL workers overwhelmingly voted to support jailed Turkish journalists today, warning that the country’s government was “placing its strategic interests above human rights and democracy.”

Transport union TSSA will now affiliate to the Journalists for Democracy in Turkey and Kurdistan campaign, which was set up at the initiative of the Morning Star’s National Union of Journalists chapel.

Euston delegate Sarah-Jane McDonagh said the work of the Morning Star and the campaign had been crucial in bringing to attention the persecution of journalists in Turkey.

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