It a pleasure to address you on behalf of Dutch liberal democratic party D66. Today I was asked to share some thoughts with you regarding the recent Dutch no vote on the EU-Ukraine Association Treaty, the refugee crisis and finally global terrorism. Indeed, a fun-packed list for a speech! Let me start with a bit…
For those of you who haven’t seen this yet: Below you’ll find the video of IFLRY’s 2016 spring general assembly in Istanbul. The video was recorded and edited by Mustafa Aslan of our Turkish member organisation 3H movement.
With Dutch journalist Ebru Umar, who was released from arrest by the Turkish authorities yesterday, still being denied her right to leave the country, we decided to subtitle this video by Alvise Pérez. Alvise was attending IFLRY’s General Assembly Istanbul, Turkey, the weekend before last, and decided to make this video then. Sadly, the video…
Dear liberal friends, First of all, thank you for your support! As newly elected IFLRY president, I am happy to introduce to you the other newly-elected members of the bureau: General Secretary Tone Bjørndal, from our member organisation Young Liberals of Norway, Treasurer Danylo Korbabicz, from the Young Liberals of Canada, and Vice-Presidents Ahmad Al…
Over the last years, Turkish media has been repressed and manipulated by the government. A number of events have made this clear: In 2013, when the Gezi Park protests took place. The only tool the opposition could use to get information from the Gezi movement was social media. Official reporting on the protests was repressed…
