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Eutelsat to suspend the presence of
Kurdish Roj TV on its satellites
20.1.2012 |
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January
20, 2012
PARIS, — Further to the instruction of
the Danish public prosecutor, the Court of
Copenhagen delivered a verdict on January 10,
2012 that the Roj TV channel is an instrument of the
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) with respect to their
financial, structural and operational ties.
The Court consequently condemned Roj TV, declaring
it guilty of facilitating and inciting participation
in a terrorist organisation.
The PKK has been listed for a number of years as a
terrorist organisation by the European Union.
Under these circumstances,www.ekurd.net
Eutelsat has decided to suspend the presence of Roj
TV on its satellites in order to avoid incurring
criminal liability as an accomplice to terrorist
activities.
Eutelsat has consequently asked distributors
uplinking Roj TV to its satellites to suspend
broadcasts of the channel.
Since it was established in 1984, the Kurdistan
Workers' Party PKK has been
fighting the Turkish state, which still denies the
constitutional existence of Kurds, to establish a
Kurdish state in the south east of the country, sparking a conflict that has claimed some 45,000
lives.
But now its aim is the creation an autonomous
Kurdish region
and more cultural rights for ethnic Kurds who
constitute the greatest minority in Turkey, numbering more than 20 million. A large Turkey's
Kurdish community openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK rebels.
PKK's demands included releasing PKK detainees,
lifting the ban on education in Kurdish, paving the
way for an autonomous democrat Kurdish system within
Turkey, reducing pressure on the detained PKK leader
Abdullah Öcalan, stopping military action against
the Kurdish party and recomposing the Turkish
constitution.
Turkey refuses to recognize its Kurdish population
as a distinct minority. It has allowed some cultural
rights such as limited broadcasts in the Kurdish
language and private Kurdish language courses with
the prodding of the European Union, but Kurdish
politicians say the measures fall short of their
expectations.
The PKK is considered as 'terrorist' organization by
Ankara, U.S., the PKK continues to be on the
blacklist list in EU despite court ruling which
overturned a decision
to place the Kurdish rebel group PKK and its
political wing on the European Union's terror list.
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (euronext paris:ETL)(isin
code:FR0010221234) is the holding company of
Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 29
satellites that provide coverage over the entire
European continent, as well as the Middle East,
Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the
Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three
leading satellite operators in terms of revenues. As
of 30 September 2011, Eutelsat's satellites were
broadcasting more than 3,950 television channels.
More than 1,100 channels are broadcast via its HOT
BIRD™ video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East alone
which serves over 120 million cable and satellite
homes in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
The Group's satellites also serve a wide range of
fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV
contribution markets, corporate networks, and
broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and
for transport, maritime and in-flight markets.
Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets
and operates access to high speed internet services
through teleports in France and Italy that serve
enterprises, local communities, government agencies
and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and
the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and
its subsidiaries employ just over 700 commercial,
technical and operational professionals from 30
countries.
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