censors the internet. The government has blocked over 220,000 websites, has temporarily blocked Twitter and YouTube, has blocked Wikipedia since 2017, and is now pressuring Netflix and other online streaming platforms to censor content according to rules set by the Radio and Television Supreme Council. (16) Turkey ranks among the countries with the highest number of content removal requests sent to Twitter and Facebook, according to the companies’ transparency reports. (17) The Government of Turkey has demonstrated a disregard for fundamental freedoms beyond Turkey’s borders, including in the United States. In 2016, members of President Erdoğan's security detail engaged in unwarranted violence against journalists reporting on an event at the Brookings Institution. During President Erdoğan’s May 2017 visit to Washington, DC, individuals from the Turkish Embassy grounds pushed past District of Columbia police officers to brutally attack individuals demonstrating peacefully in opposition to policies of the Government of Turkey. (18) The Government of Turkey has abused international institutions to target dissenters, triggering a flood of Interpol red notice requests to detain critics abroad, according to Freedom House. Targets include Enes Kanter, a professional basketball player and vocal critic of President Erdoğan who currently resides in the United States. (19) On October 14, 2019, the Government of Cambodia reportedly arrested educator Osman Karaca at the behest of the Government of Turkey. On October 19, 2019, Amnesty International warned that [i]f he is forcibly returned to Turkey, he faces a very real risk of ill-treatment and further human rights abuses. Cambodia has an obligation to protect him from persecution, not collude in his abuse. Karaca is now reportedly in Turkish custody. (20) The Government of Turkey threatens to escalate internationally its targeting of critics consistent with an overly broad domestic counterterrorism campaign. On October 30, 2019, President Erdoğan stated, Some countries