>From: Press Agency Ozgurluk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: "[Ozgurluk.Org]" Turkish police detain prison protestors... > > >Saturday, 19 August, 2000, 12:33 GMT 13:33 UK >Turkish police detain prison protestors > >Police in Turkey have detained at least thirty >people in the city of Istanbul protesting against >government measures to reform overcrowded >prisons. > >Reports say the protestors were members of a >prisoners' relatives group who had ignored police >calls to disperse. > >The government plan is to transfer thousands of >prisoners from large dormitory-style prison blocks >to prisons with small cells. > >Officials say smaller cells will end the riots, hunger >strikes, and hostage-taking that have plagued >Turkey's overcrowded prisons. > >Relatives¿ groups and human rights activists say >the planned measures will make prisoners feel >more isolated and leave them more open to abuse >by prison guards. > >>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service > >-- >Press Agency Ozgurluk >In Support of the Peoples Liberation Struggle in Turkey and Kurdistan >http://www.ozgurluk.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] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________
