Berivan,15, jailed for eight years over 'terror' crimes at Kurdish rally
Kurdish Info - A 15-year-old kurdish girl who was arrested at a demonstration in
support of a banned Kurdish group has been jailed for nearly eight
years after being convicted of "terrorist" offences, including
allegedly throwing stones at police.
Human Rights defender Ms.Filiz Kalayci was released
IHD - On 12th May 2009, four lawyers, Mr. Hasan Anlar (IHD Deputy
Secretary General), Ms. Filiz Kalayci (IHD Executive Board Member), Mr.
Halil İbrahim Vargün (IHD Former Treasurer), Mr. Murat Vargün (Member
of the IHD) and Mr. Nedim Tas were detained and their offices and
houses were searched by the anti-terror police. They were charged of
“being a member of an illegal organization”.
Committee for Prevention of Torture Visits İmralı Prison
Tolga KORKUT- A delegation of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture from the
Council of Europe examined the conditions of detention on the island of
İmralı, where PKK leader Öcalan is imprisoned among five other convicts.A delegation of the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of
Torture (CPT) initiated an examination of the conditions of detention
in the F-type prison on the island of İmralı in the Sea of Marmara.
Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the illegal Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
has been imprisoned on the island since 1999. Another five convicts
were brought to the prison two months ago.
Submitted by Tsiatsan on Saturday, January 30 2010
6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "EU, TURKEY AND THE KURDS"
"Turkey and the Kurdish conflict:Political dialogue & Peace-building"/ European Parliament, Brussels 3rd & 4th February 2010 - Room ASP
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