Oproep tegen isolatiefolter Öcalan in Turkije
Bas - 03.08.2004 13:17
Abdullah Öcalan mag op dit moment niemand meer zien, zelfs zijn advocaten niet. Hier volgt een Engelstalige internationale oproep om deze isolatiefolter te beëindigen.
Cologne, 16 July 2004
Urgent Appeal
Since June 9 2004 Abdullah Öcalan has not been allowed
to receive visits from his lawyers and family.
Officially it is claimed that the boat, which is used
for the journey to the prison island, Imrali, has
broken down and must be repaired. The fact that there
are many alternative ways of travelling makes the
reason given not very convincing, and this has caused
serious worries.
Since his illegal abduction to Turkey on February 15
1999 the leader of the Kurdish people has been held
prisoner in isolation under the most dehumanising
circumstances. He is the only prisoner in the
fortified building. The prison island has been
declared a military zone, which means that it falls
under the jurisdiction of the crisis management staff,
which is only answerable to the Turkish prime
minister. Time and again visits by lawyers and family
members are prevent for differing reasons, and the
right to communication with the outside world is
denied. The six years of isolation detention have
seriously affected the health of the Kurdish leader.
Turkey has refused to allow a visit by an independent
medical commission.
The measures taken against Öcalan are in breach of
international law. They are not in line with the
European Convention on Human Rights. The demand made
by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
of the European Council, to abandon the isolation
measures taken against Öcalan has been ignored by the
Turkish government. On the contrary, the restrictions
were tightened even further. The aim of the
deprivation of the senses used against Öcalan is to
destroy him mentally and physically. This amounts to
an execution in instalments. As a candidate member of
the European Union, Turkey has a duty to uphold the
Copenhagen criteria, including among others upholding
compulsory human rights standards. The European
institutions responsible for the expansion of the EU
view this situation in silence. The Turkish
institutions involved see this silence as approval of
their current course of action.
Despite all these problems Abdullah Öcalan is
continuing to strife for a democratic solution of the
Turkish-Kurdish conflict and the democratisation of
the Middle East region as a whole. He had and still
has a big role in the search for a peaceful solution.
The use of isolation detention against him shows that
the Turkish government's aim is to find a solution to
the problem while shutting out the Kurdish side. In
this way they want to establish a solution, which only
serves the interests of the Turkish state. The law
reforms, which were brought in under pressure from the
EU, appear to be of only cosmetic nature.
Because of this:
· International ad hoc delegation to Imrali
· Immediately lift the isolation detention of Abdullah
Öcalan!
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
C/o Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office in Geneva
CH- 1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Email:  urgent-action@ohchr.org
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human
Rights
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Fundamental Rights and Democracy, Germany), Prof. Dr.
Werner Ruf (International Law Professor, Kassel
University, Germany), Prof. Dr. Norman Paech
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Stuby (International Law Professor, Bremen University,
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Highschool, Germany), Prof. Dr. Elmar Altvater
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Barrister, GB), Norbert Mattes (Information Project
Near und Middle East, Germany), Yayla Mönch-Buçak
(Oldenburg University, Germany), Dr. Mamoud Osman
(Kurdish Politician, Great Britain), Jutta Bauer (Book
Illustrator, Germany), Günther Schwarberg (Journalist,
Germany), Hans Branscheidt (medico international /
Appell von Hannover), Germany Rolf Becker (Actor, IG
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