>Resent-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > > Case TUR 210200 > >The International Secretariat of OMCT requests your URGENT >intervention in the following situation in Turkey. > >Brief description of the situation > >The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a >the Centre Europe Tiers Monde (CETIM), a member of the >OMCT network, of arrest of three Kurdish mayors in Turkey. > >According to the information received, three Kurdish mayors,all >members of the People's Democracy Party (HADEP), elected in >democratic polls last April, were arrested by Turkish police on >19th February 2000 on the basis of an investigation involving >presumed links with the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party); Mr. >Feridun Celik, Mayor of the city of Diyarbakir, Mehmet Selim >Ozalp, Mayor of the city of Siirt, and Mr. Feyzullah Karaaslan, >Mayor of the city of Bingol. They are currently detained in the >Turkish Gendarmerie in Diyarbakir. > >Feridun Celik and Mehmet Ozalp were accused of "aiding the >work of the terrorist organisation, the PKK at home and abroad". >The HADEP party campaigns for Kurdish rights and a peaceful >end to the conflict in the south-east. > > >Action requested > >Please write to the authorities in Turkey urging them to: > >i. take all necessary measures to guarantee the physical > and psychological integrity of the above-mentioned > persons; >ii. order their immediate release in the absence of valid > legal charges or, if such charges exist, bring them > before an impartial and competent tribunal and > guarantee their procedural rights at all times; >iii.order a thorough and impartial investigation into the > circumstances of these arrests in order to identify > those responsible, bring them to trial and apply the > penal, civil and/or administrative sanctions as provided > by law; >iv. guarantee the respect of human rights and the > fundamental freedoms throughout the country in > accordance with national laws and international > human rights standards > >Addresses > >Bulent Ecevit, Prime Minister, Fax: 0090 312 417 04 76 > >Hikmet Sami Turk, Minister of Justice Fax: 0090 312 417 39 57 > >Yildirim Akbulut, President of the Parliament, Fax: 0090 312 417 >39 57 > >Geneva, February 21, 2000 > >Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code of this >appeal in your reply. > >Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture (OMCT) >World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) >Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) >8 rue du Vieux-Billard >Case postale 21 >CH-1211 Geneve 8 >Suisse/Switzerland >Tel. : 0041 22 809 49 39 >Fax : 0041 22 809 43 29 >E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.omct.org > __________________________________ 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] ___________________________________
