>From: "dhkcbureau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >THE COUNTDOWN TO DEATHS HAS STARTED! >1984: 4 martyrs >1996: 12 martyrs >2000: ? >49th day - December 7 >50th day - December 8 >- >- >60th day - December 18 >IT IS UP TO US TO PREVENT DEATHS! >In the prisons of Turkey, nearly 1,000 political prisoners started an >Indefinite Hunger Strike to oppose the 'F' Type prison policy and a total of >203 prisoners have turned this into a Death Fast, with 99 starting this on >November 19 and 104 on December 2 and December 5. The 'F' Type prison cells, >which are being called "of European standard", are designed to make >revolutionary prisoners surrender their political identity. And in Germany, >at Hamburg University, 40 million Deutschmarks were spent on special >laboratories to research the effects on human beings who have undergone many >years of isolation, and the results of these experiments were then put into >practice. Since European public opinion was insensitive towards the cells >and did not display a resolute attitude opposing them, these Cell-Type >Prisons were put into operation. Eleven days later the deaths will start in >the prisons of Turkey, and European public opinion is still silent. Eleven >months ago, Ilhan Yelkuvan was on Death Fast in Hamburg Prison for 63 days >to oppose isolation torture. What did European public opinion do to support >Ilhan's demands? Nuri Eryuksel was also put in isolation for 14 months. He >is 42 years old and he never spent a day of it far from the revolutionary >struggle. Conditions of isolation for him are all the worse because he is >kept all alone in a cell several square metres in size, is unable to see and >does not know the German language. By putting into practice the Cell-Type >Prison policy the state aims to put an end to the human personality and >cause the target's hopes to waste away. The aim is to achieve the desired >lasting solution through the practice of long-term torture. This is done >through practising both physical and psychological torture. The state in >Turkey wants to make the revolutionary prisoners surrender by importing the >Cell-Type torture from Europe. To prevent isolation torture from being >practised in Turkey, to prevent human honour from being trampled underfoot >and prevent the annihilation of the human personality, 49 women and 154 male >prisoners have gone on the Death Fast. >THE DEMANDS OF THE DEATH FAST ACTION: >- The closure of the 'F' Type prisons >- The repeal of the anti-terror law No.3713, with all its consequences >- The cancellation of the Tripartite Protocol >- The closure of the DGMs (State Security Courts) >- The judgement of those responsible at various dates for the slaughter and >severe wounding of our friends in the jails of Buca, Umraniye, Diyarbakir, >Ulucanlar and Burdur >- The release of our friends who are suffering from illness, are plagued by >the lasting after-effects of the 1996 Death Fast, were wounded in various >attacks by guards in the prisons and have received no medical treatment >- The bringing of the torturers to judgement >- An end to repression and the repeal of all anti-democratic laws aimed at >frustrating the people's struggle for democracy and freedom. >At present these demands have not been accepted and we are awaiting news of >the death of those on the Death Fast, a significant number of whom now >suffer from serious health problems like loss of their sense of balance, >rapid weight loss, impaired vision and constant vomiting. >While the prisoners on this just and legitimate resistance have been given >excellent support by the people and their families, the state is becoming >isolated. Nobody can be found to defend the 'F' Type prison cells. That is >why the state is lashing out wildly. It is making threats to intervene in >the prisons (note: to stop the Death Fast), and is trying to cast aspersions >on the honour of the resistance. For prisoners who have been on hunger >strike for over 50 days, such physical intervention will itself amount to a >MASSACRE. >Seeing the prisoners' demands as their own, the following have submitted >their own bodies to hunger and death: >While the Death Fast is in its 49th day, four TAYAD family members are on >the 24th day of a Death Fast, five members of prisoners' families are on the >17th day of an Indefinite Hunger Strike, in Bursa three members of prisoners >' families are on the 16th day of an Indefinite Hunger Strike, in Adana >three members of prisoners' families are on the 16th day of a Death Fast, in >Ankara two members of prisoners' families are on the 19th day of a Death >Fast, in Unye two people are on the 10th day of a Death Fast, in Izmir three >people have started a Death Fast which is on its 9th day, an indefinite and >alternating Hunger Strike at the offices of the CHP (Republican People's >Party) in Istanbul/Alibeykoy is in its 10th day. At the Cemevi (Alevi centre >of worship) in the Istanbul shantytown of Armutlu, an Indefinite Hunger >Strike by Anatolia TAYAD and TAYAD family members is in its 5th day. >They are thousands of kilometres away, but they feel the same love for their >people and their homeland: >Eight people are on Alternating Hunger Strike and four IKM (Izolasyona Karsi >Mucadele - Committee For Struggle Against Torture Through Isolation) members >are on Indefinite Hunger Strike in Cologne, Germany. In Stuttgart, a total >of six people have been on Alternating Hunger Strike for 34 days while one >IKM member has pursued an Unlimited Hunger Strike. In Berlin, while one IKM >member has completed 17 days of an Unlimited Hunger Strike, four people have >carried out Alternating Hunger Strikes. In London, IKM has pursued Hunger >Strikes for 24 days, while DHKC London Information Bureau workers have been >on Hunger Strike for 34 days (note by DHKC London Information Bureau: this >has taken the form of Alternating Hunger Strikes, three days on, three days >off). DHKC Brussels Information Bureau workers have been on Hunger Strike >for 33 days. In Athens, an Indefinite Hunger Strike started by IKM on >November 29 and involving six people is in its 9th day. In the city of >Thessalonika (northern Greece), a Hunger Strike started on November 30, one >person started an Indefinite Hunger Strike and two others began an >Alternating Hunger Strike which is now in its 8th day. In Holland, in the >city of Rotterdam, a Hunger Strike started on November 26 and is in its 12th >day. In Vienna, Austria an Indefinite Hunger Strike started on December 3 >and is in its 4th day, while in Innsbruck an Indefinite Hunger Strike >started on December 7. >In the prisons of Europe, about 50 prisoners have engaged in solidarity >Hunger Strikes lasting 20 days, or five days, three days and one day. At >present, in the prisons of Holland four revolutionary prisoners and five >ordinary prisoners have been on Indefinite Hunger Strike for 24 days. In >Germany's Lubeck Prison, Reiner Dittrich and Mehmet Karsli have been on >Alternating Hunger Strike for 43 days. In Rothenburg Prison, Ali San Turan >has been on Indefinite Hunger Strike for four days. >From Europe, let us also call upon all human beings who want a country that >human beings can live in to support the prisoners who have submitted their >bodies to hunger. Let us support the demands of the prisoners for an >honourable life and future. >We call on all those who call themselves human beings to support the >continuing Death Fast resistance to the Cell-Type prisons by taking part in >the marches on the European Parliament between December 7 and December 11. >We wish to let all our people know that on December 7 in Berlin, Hamburg, >Basel, Amsterdam, The Hague and London there will be torch-lit marches and >the reading of press statements; on December 8 in Bielefeld, Dortmund, Ulm, >Arnhem, London and Paris there will be torch-lit marches, information stands >will be set up and concerts held; on December 9 there will be marches, >meetings and concerts Duisburg, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Rotterdam, Paris and >Vienna; On Sunday December 10, in front of Cologne Cathedral at 1200, there >will be a Grup Yorum concert, and also at the Alte Feuerwache there will be >an exhibition and Cinevision, as well as a DETUDAK rally in London (starting >from Hyde Park, near Speaker's Corner). On Monday December 11 in Brussels, a >press conference will be held at the International Press Centre at 1100, and >from there a march to the European Parliament will take place. >Every time we give a martyr, we appeal to all our people to go to the Hunger >Strike tents in Cologne, Berlin, Stuttgart, Paris and London to take part in >the symbolic funeral ceremonies. >WE WILL WIN VICTORY WITH OUR MARTYRS! > > >_______________________________________________ >Leninist-International mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To change your options or unsubscribe go to: >http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international > _______________________________________________________ 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. 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