OPEN LETTER TO THORBJORN JAGLAND, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Dear Mr Jagland
RE: TURKEY’S NON-COMPLIANCE WITH ‘NELSON MANDELA RULES’ AND THE CASE OF ABDULLAH OCALAN AND POLITICAL PRISONERS IN TURKEY
The Council of Europe’s abject failure to condemn Turkey’s treatment of prisoners cannot be excused and now threatens to undermine the credibility of the core values of the European Convention on Human Rights.
As you well know, the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners was first adopted by the UN in 1957. They were revised in 2015 and adopted as ‘Nelson Mandela Rules’ unanimously by the UN General Assembly to honour the legacy of the late President of South Africa, ‘who spent 27 years in prison in the course of his struggle for global human rights, equality, democracy and the promotion of a culture of peace’. Continue reading “OPEN LETTER TO THORBJORN JAGLAND, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE”
Solidarity with Leyla Guven MP
PEACE IN KURDISTAN
WOMEN’S ALLIANCE
FOR KURDISTAN, IRAQ AND SYRIA
Dear Leyla
We send you solidarity, greetings and respect from Women Alliance for Kurdistan, Iraq and Syria.
We have been following the news of your hunger strike almost daily and we want to assure you that we are standing with you in your resistance and will do our utmost to support you and to spread the message that the cruel isolation of Abdullah Ocalan and the persecution of the Kurdish people must end. Continue reading “Solidarity with Leyla Guven MP”
Leyla Guven : Letter to President of the European Parliament
28th January 2019
Mr Antonio Tajani
President of the European Parliament
Rue Wiertz 60
1047 Brussels
Belgium
Dear MrTajani,
We are currently facing serious tremendous on the path towards democratization and normalization in Turkey, as was also made known in sessions held at the European Parliament. The most critical of these obstacles is the persistence of total isolation imposed on Mr Abdullah Öcalan held in Imrali Prison since April 5, 2015. Mr Öcalan has played a key role in the pursuit of a peaceful solution to the conflict, especially by all his efforts during the peace process that took place between 2013 and 2015. He continues to be the person best placed to continue playing this historic role.I believe that the clear positions taken byall the institutions that collectively constitute the European Unionare going to be crucial for the restarting of the process of conflict resolution. The consistent demand for this stance in turn will enable a normalization to take place in Turkey, in my firmly held view. Continue reading “Leyla Guven : Letter to President of the European Parliament”
Call to Observe the Hearing of the Case of HDP MP Ms. Leyla Güven
________________________________________________________________________________ Contact: international@hdp.org.tr Web: www.hdp.org.tr Address: Barbaros Mah. Tahran Cad. Büklüm Sok. No: 117 06680 Çankaya, Ankara – Turkey Phone: +90 312 427 17 80 Fax: +90 312 4288957
3 December 2018
Ms. Leyla Güven, who is the only MP remaining jailed in the 27th term of Turkish Parliament, is under pre-trial detention for almost one year. The fourth hearing of her case will be held on 26 December 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the Diyarbakır 9th Heavy Penal Court. Continue reading “Call to Observe the Hearing of the Case of HDP MP Ms. Leyla Güven”