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Turkey has been accused of deporting hundreds of peaceful Christians under the guise of “national security,” including dozens last year, in a move legal advocates warn is an “attack” on the freedom of religion.

In a Monday address to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), legal expert for the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International, Lidia Rieder, warned that Turkey is systematically targeting Christians purely “for practicing their faith.”

“Turkey’s labeling of peaceful Christian residents as ‘security threats’ is a clear misuse of law and an attack on freedom of religion or belief,” Rieder said during the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference. “When governments manipulate administrative or immigration systems

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