Make human rights protections stronger | Letters

Prof Philip Leach and Prof Başak Çalı say governments must take action to give teeth to the European convention on human rightsThe repression of free speech in Turkey worsens by the day, especially for anyone who is critical of the government or the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Turkey intensifies crackdown on public life in run-up to Nato summit in Ankara, 6 July). It is right to suggest that other governments’ silence encourages authoritarianism. The human rights