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Meeting with Ocalan stopped again
NEWSDESK, Oct 19
- The lawyer of the Kurdish national leader Abdullah
Ocalan and two human rights observers were stopped
by Turkish military authorities from visiting Ocalan
on Wednesday.
The lawyer Ibrahim Bilmez and the human rights
observers Ayse Batumlu and Muharrem Erbey were on
their way on a Turkish military ferry boat to the
island of Imrali when the soldiers suddenly turned
back giving the lawyers the reason that the boat was
damaged. Soldiers from the Gemlik Gendarmerie
Commandership, responsible for the transport to and
from the Imrali Special Type Closed Military Prison
on the island of Imrali, have given the same reason
to Ocalan's lawyers before, returning them halfway
from the island.
The Kurdish national leader Abdullah Ocalan has not
been allowed to meet his lawyers since July 1, 2005.
Two Kurds in Viransehir imprisoned for membership
in the PKK
NEWSDESK, Oct 19
- Two Kurds have been imprisoned in the city of
Viransehir in the province of Urfa in Kurdistan
(southeastern Turkey) for membership in the Kurdish
resistance movement PKK.
The arrested Kurds, Abdurrahim Attila and Abbas
Turgut, were sentenced to 10 years in prison by the
Viransehir Judicature for being members in the
Kurdish resistance movement PKK and 'winning over
people to an illegal organization [PKK]'.
Attila and Turgut were sent to the Viransehir Closed
Prison.
Signature campaign started for Ocalan in Mersin
NEWSDESK, Oct 19
- The Kurdish political activist organization 'Free
Citizen Initiative' in Mersin has started a
signature campaign called 'I accept the Kurdish
national leader Abdullah Ocalan as my political
volition'. 75,000 people in Mersin are believed to
contribute with their signatures.
Upon completion, the signatures will be sent to the
European Parliament, the United Nations, the
chairman of the Turkish parliament, the Turkish
president Ahmet Necdet Sezer and the Turkish PM
Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"Turkey, who claims to be a state of law, must prove
this. Political solutions must now be prioritized
and not military. The campaign started for Mr.
Ocalan will create a new political sphere and it
will be Turkey's venting pipe", the Kurdish activist
and the initiative taker Saadet Kuran said.
The 'Free Citizen Initiative' is a Kurdish political
activist organization that has chapters all over
Turkey and Kurdistan (southeastern Turkey).
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