----- Original Message ----- From: dhkcbureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 7:22 PM Subject: [MLL]IKM: PRESS STATEMENT ON PRISON MASSACRE IN TURKEY HAMBURG, DECEMBER 12, 2000 PRESS STATEMENT BY IKM (Committee For Struggle Against Torture Through Isolation) with reference to the press statement by IKM today, "Massacre of the prisoners" THE NUMBER OF THE DEAD PRISONERS HAS RISEN TO 20 LIST OF THE DEAD AND MURDERED PRISONERS Sadi Ozbolat, Yazgulu Guder Ozturk and 10 other prisoners whose names are unknown have been murdered in Bayrampasa Ahmet Ibili set himself on fire in Umraniye and was then shot dead by soldiers Hasan Gungormez and Irfan Ortakci were murdered in Cankiri Fidan Kalsen was murdered in Canakkale Murat Ozdemir was murdered in Bursa Burhan Gardas was murdered in Aydin Mesut Ors burned himself to death in Bursa In some prisons, the resistance, and also the attacks go on. The prisoners in some other prisons have been transferred into military hospitals. They are refusing any form of nutrition. Dozens of relatives of prisoners had their houses stormed shortly after the beginning of the massacre. A youth who took part in a protest has been shot and has been put in a hospital ward set aside for prisoners. Hundreds of relatives and their supporters have been arrested in front of prisons or during street protests.
