> (Forwarding...) > > Briton deported from Turkey after prison protest > > Turkish police have deported a British and an American human rights > activist. > They were detained over the weekend as they tried to make a statement in > Istanbul on prison conditions. > > They were part of a five-member international delegation who were speaking > to relatives of left-wing prisoners. > > A British Consulate official says Stephen Kaczinski was put on a London > flight yesterday. > > American Juliette June Wales has also been put on a flight out of the > country. > > They were arrested, along with their Turkish translator Sibel Sahin, on > Saturday. It is illegal in Turkey to make statements in public places > without permission from authorities. > > Last month, government forces stormed prisons nationwide to put an end to > hunger strikes by inmates protesting at Turkey's newly built penitentiaries > with one or three person cells. > > More than a 1,000 prisoners have since been transferred into these prisons > away from large dormitory style wards. > > The prisoners oppose the new prison system, saying it would make them > vulnerable to abuse. > > (c) Copyright Ananova Ltd 2001, all rights reserved > > > _________________________________________________________________________
