RADICAL voices across the world must unite to expose human rights abuses in Turkey and beyond, Britain’s democracy campaigners urged in an online rally.

The rally by Solidarity with the People Of Turkey (Spot) on Wednesday evening followed the mass arrests of Turkey’s opposition politicians, trade union leaders, journalists and artists on false terrorism claims.

Labour peer Christine Blower said that getting the British government to speak out against Turkey’s democratic backsliding “is no easy task” due to its geopolitical ties.