>Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:13:43 +0100 >From: "Press Agency Ozgurluk . Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >ATTACK OF PKK-SYMPATHISERS AGAINST REVOLUTIONARY >PRISONERS: A SIGN OF WEAKNESS > >For quite some time now, PKK-sympathisers have been hindering the >revolutionary prisoners, of whom some were wounded in the September >1999 massacre in the Uluncanlar prison and sharing the same cell, from >using the same facilities and infrastructure. Despite several warnings >they continued their provocations by declaring bans. They attempted to >deny 8 women of the DHKP-C, the TKP-ML (Communist Party of Turkey- >Marxist/Leninist), the TIKB (League of Revolutionary Communists >Turkey) and the MLSPB (Marxist-Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit) >access to the kitchen, bath and other facilities, stating: "These are our >rooms". After objections, they threatened: "You don't call us >revolutionaries anymore, therefore we are no revolutionaries and if need >be, we will kill you". They were told they were doing the job of the >enemy and that their behaviour was as such, but their only reply was: >"These are our rooms, and if we say so, you can not use them", "I do as I >please". The issue was discussed in order to solve the problem but the >discussion was obstructed on purpose and the hindering of the >revolutionary prisoners continued. > >After these developments, on January 20, 2000, at 10 p.m., the PKK- >prisoners suddenly attacked 8 revolutionary female prisoners who were >in the kitchen. This attack was not a sudden decision or an act on >impulse, on the contrary, it had been planned and organised. During the >attack, the PKK-prisoners guarded the doors of the dormitory, the gym >and the yard. In short, an operation was carried out against the >revolutionaries. > >The revolutionaries reacted with the slogan "Down with fascism!". Only >8 revolutionaries stood against dozens of PKK-sympathisers but they >tried to stop the attack. After the first attack, at 10 p.m., the PKK-people >decided to launch another attack, believing they had to teach the >revolutionaries a "lesson". > >The second attack occurred at 1 a.m. and was more systematic. Using >iron bars and sticks, they started with an attack against one of our >comrades who at that time returned from the dining room. At the same >time, they attacked 3 female prisoners of the TKP-ML, 3 of the TIKB and >1 of the MLSPB in the cell, cursing and insulting them. The >revolutionaries, who resisted, were hit, grabbed and thrown out of the >cell. But this was not enough for them and they erected a barricade to >prevent the revolutionaries from returning to the cell. > >The state prosecutor of the prison and other officials had been informed >of the attack by the PKK-prisoners in advance and watched with joy. >Our friends were exposed to the enemy but they showed the necessary >attitude during the attack. Despite the promise of a new cell for our >friends, the PKK and the administration – co-operating – forgot their >promise and continued their threats and harassment. Because the >revolutionaries and the PKK have the same days of internal visits, visits >of relatives and visits of the sickbay, the latter indulged in threats and >insults, whenever they met our friends. > >The administration rejected the proposal of the revolutionaries to change >the visiting days, thus clearing the path for another attack. Furthermore >they attempted to unclear the developments by preventing our friends to >send letters and faxes. "We will get you with an operation", "We will do >the same as in Ulucanlar", those were the threats the revolutionary >prisoners resisted and in the end, on January 27, they were moved to >another cell. > >WE ARE WARNING THE PKK-PRISONERS! > >It is a known fact that you have stated in an announcement from the >highest level, that you are at the disposal of fascism, which you refer to >as the "Democratic Republic". If you believe that you can do your >service by attacking the revolutionaries, you are mistaken. You know >that our comrades, attacked by the fascist murderers in Uluncanlar not >long ago, still haven't received proper treatment for their injuries. >In Uluncanlar it was the fascist murderers who attacked our friends, and >the ones who resisted were the revolutionaries. But in Nevsehir, those >who attacked our friends should come into the open. They have to >recognise the situation they are in, and they have to come with self- >criticism, regarding this attack. > >When you do not want to live in the same room as the revolutionary >prisoners, who brook the control of the enemy, sacrificing their blood >and their lives, the solution is clear and obvious. When you do not want >living quarters where you are "hindered", separate your cells and clarify >the difference between yourselves and us. >Because up to this day, the revolutionaries have always resisted and >fought, and they will continue to do so. > >THE ATTACK AGAINST THE REVOLUTIONARIES IS A CONFESSION >OF WEAKNESS! > >It is known that the PKK-prisoners, especially since the beginning of the >'90's preferred to distance themselves from the resistance by the >revolutionary prisoners who sacrificed their blood and their lives. They >never participated in the resistance, claiming there would be negative >consequences for themselves, and they even attempted to prevent the >resistance. > >Given this attitude, the revolutionaries kept telling the truth. After the >period of Imrali, they surrendered and even demanded that the >revolutionaries should stop their resistance, otherwise they would >"intervene". > >This is the stile of the PKK. This is nothing but a political ban by the >PKK and an attempt to force other organisations to accept their line. And >therefore they do not want other forces to have an independent >ideology. All have to depend on them. That is their mentality, even >calling for the end of the resistance in a time where hundreds of >prisoners are resisting – whatever the price -, a time in which they >themselves to not play a role. > >We have a different view and we have attempted on different platforms >to explain the negative nature of their stand. But they did not change >their view. And they recently showed were they really stand. When >revolutionaries were massacred in Uluncanlar, they told the acting >officer: "We have nothing to do with that, major sir". While >revolutionaries were brutally massacred for hours in their vicinity, they >kept their corrupt and silent indifference, laying in the arms of their >damned major. > >And then they attacked our comrades who were wounded in Uluncanlar >and who were moved to the Nevsehir prison on January 20 and 21. >During the attack in Nevsehir, the PKK-sympathisers confessed the real >reason for their attack and stated: "How dare you criticise the process we >are going through". A mentality which hatefully attacks the >revolutionaries because they criticise their capitulation, showing the >right way, is capable of rendering fascism every service, gaining the trust >of fascism. What kind of mind, notion and culture is capable of attacking >revolutionaries who, short before, were wounded in Uluncanlar? >The capitulation has made them blind. Those who sank so low yesterday >by saying "We have nothing to do with that, major sir", now attack the >revolutionaries, filled with hatred. But no force and no attack can >legitimise the capitulation on the soil of our land. > >The revolutionaries will continue the uncompromising ideological >struggle against those who glorify the capitulation in the same way as >they resisted death, the massacres and the attacks of imperialism. The >revolutionary duty and the revolutionary demands make this necessary. >When those who cannot reply to the ideological struggle of the >revolutionaries against the capitulation believe they can stop us by >attacks, they are wrong. This is a sign of weakness. All revolutionaries, >democrats and patriots must take a stand against such weakness and >they have to take up the ideological struggle against the capitulation on >all levels. > >Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi >(Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front) >Prisoners Organisation > > >--- >Pressagency Ozgurluk.Org >In solidarity with the Peoples Liberationstruggle in Turkey and >Kurdistan http://www.ozgurluk.org >DHKP-C: http://www.ozgurluk.org/dhkc > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
