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June
3, 2012 -
Diyarbakir, Van, Mardin, Cizre, Agri, Batman,
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Protests against PM in
Diyarbakir
Diyarbakir: Protests have been staged in Diyarbakır
against the Prime Minister who has arrived in the
city on Saturday to attend the AKP Provincial
Congress. Several groups on Kuruçeşme and Sento
Streets who chanted slogans against Erdoğan were
attacked and dispersed by police. Erdoğan, with his
wife and daughter accompanying him in Diyarbakır,
was met by AKP ministers, the Governor, Chief of
Police and AKP Provincial Chair at the airport. The
Prime Minister and his ministers moved from the
airport in accompany of armed vehicles and under
intense police measures. Some groups who protested
against the Prime Minister on Sento Street were
dispersed by police with severe violence. The AKP
congress at Seyrantepe Closed Sport Hall started
with the participation of around five thousand AKP
members. Police has taken extra security measures
around the hall and performed id control on the
people in the area. firatnews.com
Shops closed to protest
against PM visit
Diyarbakir: Some shopkeepers closed up their shops
in the district of Bağlar to protest against Prime
Minister Erdoğan’s visit to Diyarbakir on Saturday.
Intense security measures were taken in the city
center before the arrival of Erdoğan who will attend
the AKP Diyarbakır Provincial Congress and attend
some opening ceremonies in the city during the day.
All ways from the airport to the city center have
been closed with police barricade and armed
vehicles. Snipers were placed along Erdoğan’s route.
firatnews.com
Lawyers in KCK trial to be
investigated
Diyarbakir: An investigation is to be launched
against 103 lawyers who protested against court in
KCK trial Turkish Ministry of Justice issued
investigation permit for Public Prosecutor of
Diyarbakır against 103 lawyers who protested against
the court board during the “KCK” trial on 3 August
2011. During the trial within the scope of the
ongoing “KCK” case, 103 defense lawyers of
Diyarbakır Bar Association left the court hall to
protest against the court board for not accepting
their demands concerning 152 Kurdish politicians and
human rights defenders. The investigation permit by
the Ministry of Justice was issued after Diyarbakır
6th High Criminal Court filed a criminal complaint
to the Public Prosecutor against the lawyers. The
majority of 40 currently jailed lawyers in Turkey is
made up of lawyers of PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party)
Leader Abdullah Öcalan. As a result of an operation
against lawyers on 22 November 2011, forty five
lawyers were taken into custody and among them
thirty six were sent to prison. firatnews.com
Prosecutor requests removal
of immunity for 8 BDP deputies
Diyarbakir: Diyarbakir Public Prosecutor has issued
a summary for the removal of the parliamentary
immunity for eight BDP deputies. The request has
been launched in the context of the so-called “KCK”
(Kurdish Communities Union) investigation. In
accordance with Article 314/2 of the Turkish Penal
Code, the court issued a summary against BDP
co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Gültan Kışanak,
deputies Emine Ayna, Nursel Aydoğan, Sebahat Tuncel,
Ayla Akat Ata, DTK co-chair Ahmet Türk and Aysel
Tuğluk for allegedly “being members of KCK
organization”. The audio surveillance records taken
in the BDP office for local government in Diyarbakır
and visits to the office were put forward as
evidences against deputies who are claimed to have
connection with the “KCK” organization. The summary
against the deputies was sent to the Ministry of
Justice General Directorate of Sanctions which will
refer it to the Speaker’s Office of Parliament.
Public Prosecutor of Van issued a summary against
BDP MP for Van, Özdal Üçer, on 9 May on the grounds
of striking a doctor in Van Training and Research
Hospital. Besides the ongoing arrest of thousands of
BDP members since the local elections in 2009, the
BDP deputies in the Parliament also have their share
of the political pressure on Kurdish politicians. In
the first three months of this year alone, 120
summaries were issued against BDP deputies who
expressed their demands for democracy, freedom and
justice in different activities. firatnews.com
BDP Conference on Local
Governance to take place in Diyarbakır
Diyarbakir: In a press release on Wednesday, Peace
and Democracy Party (BDP) announced that the BDP
Conference on Local Governance will take place at
Diyarbakır Cegęrxwin Cultural Center on 01-03 June
2012. The BDP statement remarked that the conference
will be held with an aim to discuss the practices of
BDP’s sense of local governance and to address the
processes of a democratic, free and equalitarian
future. The statement underlined that the model put
forward by BDP for local governance bases on social
organization and an attitude that goes beyond the
usual concept of local governances in line with its
participative, democratic, ecological, gender
libertarian and equalitarian paradigm. Noting that
anti-democratic, unlawful policies of intimidation
have targeted BDP’s local governments because of
this model which prioritizes an alternative living,
the statement added that “The concept of repression
and intimidation, which started soon after the great
achievement by BDP in March 2009 elections, have
turned into operations of political slaughter that
have tried to completely eliminate BDP’s model on
local governments.” .... firatnews.com
Öcalan's lawyers denied
visit with their client
Istanbul: Lawyers for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan
have seen their request to visit their client turned
down once again. This times authorities said the
boat going to İmralı was not working properly.
Lawyers Mazlum Dinç, Hüseyin Boğatekin and Rezan
Sarıca have requested a new visit: they have not
been able to meet with their client since 27 July
2011..... firatnews.com
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