It was a cultural call to arms, just as the world’s eyes were turning to Rio.
“Treat people like dirt, and they will be dirt. Treat them like human beings, and they will act like human beings.”
Garry Kasparov is the chairman of the Human Rights Foundation and the author of
Noema
Sophia Jones is the Middle East correspondent for The WorldPost. She has reported from Turkey, Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, The West Bank and Gaza. Fo
Turkey wants the eight men back, but they could face the death penalty in their home country.
Some Turks say they’ve lost trust in the country’s military. Others are worried they’ll be rounded up in mass arrests or targeted by terrorists.
"We are heading into a Kafkaesque world."