Erdogan runs roughshod over human rights: He does not deserve the Steiger Award!

The Society for Threatened Peoples has written this open letter to the Mayor of Bochum, Germany, protesting his decision to award Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the Steiger Award:

SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES

Open letter to the Mayor of Bochum

Dr. Scholz                                                                 Bochum/Göttingen, March 15, 2012

Erdogan runs roughshod over human rights: He does not deserve the Steiger Award!

Dear Dr. Scholz,

Presentation of the eighth annual Steiger Award is scheduled for March 17, 2012. This international award is intended to honor one who has shown remarkable straightforwardness, openness, humanity and tolerance. Continue reading “Erdogan runs roughshod over human rights: He does not deserve the Steiger Award!”