>From: hucre iskencedir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: "[Ozgurluk.Org]" !URGENT ACTION! > >!URGENT ACTION! > >(109 MEN + 28 WOMEN) >137 HUMAN BEINGS ARE DYING! > >Today, the political prisoners of Turkey have already passed the 45th day of >their Death Fast resistance, which was started at October 20, 2000. We call >upon all of those who are concerned about the rights of political prisoners >to show support at this critical time. Across Europe the supporters of the >Death Fast resistance are now entering the 30th day of their solidarity >hunger strike. Also the supporters of the revolutionary struggle in Turkey >who find themselves in the prisoners of Europe are completing their 21st day >of hunger strike. >The prisoner's demand that they shall not be forced to enter isolation cells >is a concern that all progressive and democratic human beings should share. >The policy of oppression against political prisoners in Turkey manifests >itself with massacres and tortures. In a land where people go hungry the >regime is spending millions on building isolation cells. They aim to make >political prisoners surrender their beliefs and to turn prisons into torture >centres. The resistance of the prisoners is the hope of the people; the >prisoners will never abandon their beliefs or their love of the people. >We ask you what can you do at this time? How can you show your support? >The prisoners urgently need vitamin B1 to help them through this period. If >everyone were to send 200mg this would be a great help. Also we need people >to go to Turkey on a delegation to see the developments as they happen daily >and to see the families of the prisoners. >It is also important that people send protest messages to the government and >support messages to the prisoners and their families. Wherever you are in >the world it is a right and a duty to resist oppression. Wherever you are in >the world it is your duty to support those who resist. >We strongly believe that the actions of concerned Europeans can save lives >in the prisons of Turkey. Please use your influence and help us prevent the >introduction of isolation cells in Turkey. > >Send urgent protest messages to: >STATE PRESIDENT, Mr. Ahmet Necdet Sezer: Fax: 0090 312 427 13 30 >PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE, Mr. Bülent Ecevit: Fax: 0090 312 417 04 76 >JUSTICE MINISTER, Mr. Hikmet Sami Türk: Fax: 0090 312 417 39 54 >INTERIOR MINISTER, Mr. Sadettin Tantan: Fax: 0090 312 418 17 95 > >Solidarity Messages to: Tel/Fax: 0032 2 230.08.66 Fax: 0032 2 280.22.29 >get more informations at: >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Website: www.noisolation.de/ >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Website: www.dhkc.org/ >DO NOT BE LATE! > >ANNOUNCEMENT: > >On Monday, December 11, 2000, IKM (Committee Of Struggle Against Torture >Through Isolation) will organise another demonstration in Brussels, combined >with a press conference at the IPC (International Press Center) against the >'F' Type Prisons and especially in solidarity with the revolutionary >prisoners in Turkey, who will then have reached the 53rd DAY of their Death >Fast resistance. >We CALL ONCE MORE upon all democratic and anti-fascist forces in Belgium and >other countries of Europe to support the legitimate demands of the political >prisoners in Turkey and to participate in the activities in solidarity with >the political prisoners. You might know, that 40 days of hunger strike >causes irreversible health problems and after 50 - 60 days of hungerstrilke >the first prisoners are expected to die. IT’S THE TASK OF EVERYBODY, WHO >STANDS FOR HUMANITY, TO SUPPORT THESE PRISONERS AND TO SAVE THEIR LIFES!!! > >PRESS CONFERENCE >MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2000 - 11.00 A.M. >PLACE: IPC, BOULEVARD CHARLEMAGNE 1 (1041 BRUSSELS) > >MANIFESTATION >Time: 13.00 P.M. (start at the IPC) > > > > >FOR THE ATTENTION OF PUBLIC OPINION > >On October 20, 825 prisoners in the jails of Turkey announced that they were >starting a hunger strike. What do these people want, why are they on hunger >strike? The reason is that they are compelled to by conditions. Nobody >submits their own body to death just out of the blue. Moreover this death by >hunger comes very slowly indeed. So these people must have legitimate >reasons to lay down and die. >What reasons are these? >If it were necessary to give an example, the most telling proof is that one >third of the cases taken before the European Court of Human Rights have the >state in Turkey as the accused party. It suffices to say that on the subject >of human rights violations on a world scale, Turkey is one of the states >most often brought to court. >This can be ascertained just by regularly glancing through the reports by >Amnesty International. >The state's policy is one of subjecting people to torture by the hundred, >raping them in custody by the hundred, for torture is a matter of policy. On >occasions in the prisons, dozens of people have been savagely slaughtered. >Just remember the Buca massacre, the Umraniye massacre, the Diyarbakir >massacre and Ulucanlar. The European Parliament, the Council of Europe and >the European Court of Human Rights know all of these things. The state in >Turkey has been condemned and held responsible on a great many occasions, in >dozens of reports written and drafted on this subject. The secret buildings >of the police stations, the security departments, military garrisons and >intelligence service offices of Turkey are torture centres. Thousands, both >women and men, have been raped. Thousands of our people have been >slaughtered. A significant part of this torture and murder has become known >to various European institutions. Again, Turkey has been condemned on >numerous occasions by the European Court of Human Rights on this account. >Look at this picture: on the one hand, while the bloody-handed fascist mafia >gangs can move around freely at the state's behest, our sons and daughters >who love the people are thrown into prison. >And those whose only crime is that they love their homeland and people and >who oppose tyranny, torture, injustice and surrender have begun a hunger >strike. The fascist state in Turkey wants to put people in cells, to make >their souls surrender as well as their bodies. World opinion is bearing >witness to a massacre. >In 1984 four prisoners lost their lives on hunger strike. >In 1996 twelve prisoners lost their lives on hunger strike. >In the year 2000, are you at all curious how many prisoners will die? >Let us say this: if sensitive human beings do not intervene immediately, >there is nothing to stop the fascist state in Turkey from letting dozens of >human beings die, or exposing them to the illnesses that are a consequence >of prolonged hunger striking. >Since November 19, the 30th day of the hunger strike, 99 prisoners have been >on the Death Fast, and since November 29, the 40th day, a Second Death Fast >Team has started. The prisoners' demands are just, while it is illegitimate >to throw them in cells, slaughter them in cells and torture them. Let us act >to prevent the state in Turkey's attempt at a massacre. > > >To the >MINISTER OF JUSTICE, Prof. Hikmet Sami Türk >TÜRKİYE BÜYÜK MİLLET MECLİSİ >06543 ANKARA >Fax: 0090-312-417 39 54 > >NAME FUNCTION SIGNATURE > > > >DEATH FAST SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE - phone/fax: (++32) (0)2 230 08 66 E-mail: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >----------------------------------------------- >FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com >Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com > > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".signature" > >Press Agency Ozgurluk >In Support of the Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Struggle in Turkey >http://www.ozgurluk.org >DHKC: http://www.ozgurluk.org/dhkc > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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