>From: "dhkcbureau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >TAYAD BROCHURE - FOURTH AND LAST FILE >IV SECTION > >HOW CAN A HUMANE LIFE BE CREATED IN THE PRISONS? >We know what the authorities have said on this subject. THE CELL-TYPE >PRISONS, OR THE 'F' TYPES. >These prisons are ARCHITECTURALLY DESIGNED to isolate prisoners, strip them >of their identity. The cells are putting in place a system in which somebody >will be on their own for a very long time, without eating together, without >speaking to others, no culture, no sport - this alone is a torture method. >The 'F' Types must be abandoned. >The building of prisons is progressing at speed, and in every prison there >is a reaction against the 'F' Types, and a hunger strike is going on. What >does this show? The 'F' Types are not the solution and they will merely >exacerbate the problems. It means more blood will be shed, there will be >more injured and wounded, and there will be more injuries on the agenda. Are >we saying that there should be no prisons? Under these conditions and in >this system, we know that saying this is not very logical, but we are saying >that prisons could be more humane and can be organised and built to expedite >humane living conditions. All right, you can say that many new prisons have >been built, and what will we do with them? The main thing is that those >prisons should never be opened. But as a solution, the prisons and the >conditions of detention can be rearranged along more humane lines, on the >basis of changing them by assuring the prisoners' security of life and their >right to lead communal lives as social creatures. They must be supplied with >the necessities of life and cultural necessities - this is itself a social >necessity. >For this, >THE PRISONS MUST BE REORGANISED TO SUIT THE MOST BASIC HUMAN NEEDS >1. The cell-type prisons designed for isolation, whether they are one person >or three-person cells, must be destroyed or their construction halted if >they have not been completed. >At the very least, 12-person dormitories must be built. >2. Every dormitory should have a communal dining place and room where they >can eat together or watch television. These dining areas and dormitories >should not be closed or locked down at any time of the day. >3. Exercise areas meant for just one person, two persons or three must be >destroyed or merged into a larger area. Four 12-person dormitories should >have a joint common area for exercise. >4. The doors to this area should be open, depending on the time of year, >with free access to and from the dormitories. >5. The corridors between these dormitories should be open to communal use. >6. The dormitory doors should be open at six o'clock in the morning and must >be open until evening. During these hours, relations between dormitories and >visits between them should not be prevented and it should be possible to >visit between dormitories. >7. Social, sporting and cultural activities of the detainees should be >guaranteed through the creation of sporting halls, libraries and meeting >halls. >8. Detainees and convicts should have living areas which are lit, heated and >possessing the means to keep them clean. There should be a bathhouse, >showers, piped hot water and radiators, as well as kitchen facilities for >preparing and cooking food, and there should be no restrictions on their >use. >9. Lawyers' visits and family visits should be provided with a suitable area >in which to take place. And there should be no obstruction of such visits. >There should be no iron bars and glass in between. There should be >face-to-face meetings which are not overheard. >10. Inside each prison, an infirmary should be set up. >11. Relations with the outside world should be accepted as a need. The >corridors should contain public telephones. Means of communication with >families and lawyers should be guaranteed. >12. Technological developments must be followed, scientific and intellectual >work must be accepted as a need, and libraries and computers must be >provided. >ON THE BASIS OF HUMAN NEEDS, THE MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICES IN THESE PRISONS >SHOULD MEET EVERY KIND OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL NEED. THE >PRISONERS' AND CONVICTS' RIGHTS SHOULD BE GUARANTEED. >For this, >13. Threats to the security of life of prisoners and attempts to isolate >them must end. All laws, statutes, constitutions and directives aimed at >punishing prisoners over and above their sentence must be abolished. ALL >THESE NEGATIVE ASPECTS DERIVED FROM THE ANTI-TERROR LAW MUST BE ABOLISHED. >14. The TRIPARTITE PROTOCOL which is the source of prisoners' problems >regarding security of life, health and living problems must be abolished. >15. POLITICAL PRISONERS' RIGHTS MUST BE RECOGNISED and their behaviour >governed by this status. >16. The security of life of prisoners and convicts, their right to communal >living and their social rights must be guaranteed as RIGHTS OF ORGANISATION >AND RIGHTS OF REPRESENTATION. THE ORGANISATION OF PRISONERS AND CONVICTS >MUST BE INSTITUTIONALISED. These institutions must allow prisoners the right >to a say in their own living conditions. >17. Pressure to create collaborators and repenters should be lifted. >Prisoners and convicts should not be subject to persecution and harassment >aimed at making them into COLLABORATORS and REPENTERS. >18. Every kind of harassment, every kind of dishonourable search of >relatives, every kind of barrier to visits must be ended or removed, open >visits must be a right. >19. Every obstacle to prisoners' and convicts' scientific research or quest >for knowledge, reading, education and following the day's news must be >removed, all obstacles to receiving books, newspapers, magazines, television >and radio broadcasts must be removed. >20. Prisoners' and convicts should not have any restriction on their rights >to a defence, those tried as part of the same proceedings should be allowed >to meet each other, and consultation with lawyers should not be interfered >with. >21. To resolve their health problems, transport to hospital and surgical >operations and treatment expenses, as well as dishonourable searches should >be stopped, all expenses should be paid by the state. >22. Security of life in prisons, social, cultural and political rights >should be regularly checked by representatives in delegations from human >rights organisations and the families of prisoners and convicts, and >representatives of prisoners' organisations should be present. >23. The prisons should be open to control by international human rights' >bodies and the organisations of prisoners and convicts must be able to take >part. >Our requests are simple, comprehensible, humane and NECESSARY. >Human rights and the right to live as human beings must be for everyone. >But having these accepted is a part of the struggle for democracy in this >country. People on the street have no security of life in this country, a >small amount of agitation on the street is seen as a crime in this country, >torture in this country is seen as an "isolated" incident. >We are up to the knees in injustice, there is "freedom to kill", tortures >and massacres are legally guaranteed in this country. >It is a crime to search for rights. >IN A COUNTRY, >to obtain security of life, and guarantee a human and honourable life an >ORGANISED AND COMMUNAL LIFE IS NECESSARY. IT IS A LEGITIMATE RIGHT TO RESIST >REPRESSION, TORTURE AND MASSACRES. >TORTURE, MASSACRES AND INCIDENTS IN THE PRISONS are not an isolated result >of all this. >They are the result of the policies of the government and those who are in >league with them or who act as the implementers of their policies, and we >want to shout this to everybody. >THE REALITY IN THE PRISONS MUST CHANGE. >AS SOON AS POSSIBLE >THE HEART OF SOCIETY, THE CONSCIENCE OF SOCIETY MUST CHANGE BEFORE AN EVEN >DEEPER WOUND IS INFLICTED. >The following days are pregnant with the possibility of new attacks and >massacres. Approximately 1,000 political detainees and convicts are >resisting the 'F' Type prisons, and there is an INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE, >WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO A DEATH FAST. The memory of 1996 is still present >in everyone's mind. >Before new lives are lost, to stop these attacks, it is possible to come up >with a new and humane solution. Come together with us, take this step and >let us prevent more deaths. > >THE TAYAD FAMILIES _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
