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ANC-EUROPE IN SOLIDARITY WITH KURDISH HUNGER STRIKERS
http://asbarez.com/106590/anc-europe-in-solidarity-with-kurdish-hunger-strikers/
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
The hunger strike by Kurds has sparked growing protests in Turkey
STRASBOURG, France-The hunger strike by Kurdish prisoners in Turkey,
started on September 12, is continuing and gaining a stronger and
stronger support in Turkey, and in the international arena, as well,
where many demonstrations took place in numerous European countries,
especially in Brussels, where a crowd of a few thousands gathered
at the European Parliament and marched through the streets, voicing
their concern to the ongoing crisis in the Turkish prisons.
An estimated 9,000 Kurdish prisoners in Turkey, are denied the right
to defend themselves in their mother tongue during trials, and are
making a call to Turkey and to the world to hear them. They are left
with no choice but to use their own bodies as a means of communication
and fight, at the cost of a slow and painful death in the eyes of a
totally indifferent Turkish state.
The hunger strikers demand the right to use the Kurdish language
in judicial proceedings, the right to use the Kurdish language in
education, and an end to the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
The European Armenian Federation joins to the calls of European
Organizations and EU institutions, most notably of EU Parliament
President Mr. Martin Schulz, who stated "I follow with concern
the hunger strike of jailed Kurdish prisoners, among them elected
officials, and of Members of Parliament in Turkey. I call on the
Turkish authorities to address the concerns of the protesters".
The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy notes once
again Turkey's refusal to come to terms with its past, and respect
the existence, identity and Rights of Minorities - small and large,
perished and present - in the country, the oppressions of which are
a state policy, violating all norms of Fundamental Human Rights,
Freedom and Dignity.
http://asbarez.com/106590/anc-europe-in-solidarity-with-kurdish-hunger-strikers/
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
The hunger strike by Kurds has sparked growing protests in Turkey
STRASBOURG, France-The hunger strike by Kurdish prisoners in Turkey,
started on September 12, is continuing and gaining a stronger and
stronger support in Turkey, and in the international arena, as well,
where many demonstrations took place in numerous European countries,
especially in Brussels, where a crowd of a few thousands gathered
at the European Parliament and marched through the streets, voicing
their concern to the ongoing crisis in the Turkish prisons.
An estimated 9,000 Kurdish prisoners in Turkey, are denied the right
to defend themselves in their mother tongue during trials, and are
making a call to Turkey and to the world to hear them. They are left
with no choice but to use their own bodies as a means of communication
and fight, at the cost of a slow and painful death in the eyes of a
totally indifferent Turkish state.
The hunger strikers demand the right to use the Kurdish language
in judicial proceedings, the right to use the Kurdish language in
education, and an end to the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
The European Armenian Federation joins to the calls of European
Organizations and EU institutions, most notably of EU Parliament
President Mr. Martin Schulz, who stated "I follow with concern
the hunger strike of jailed Kurdish prisoners, among them elected
officials, and of Members of Parliament in Turkey. I call on the
Turkish authorities to address the concerns of the protesters".
The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy notes once
again Turkey's refusal to come to terms with its past, and respect
the existence, identity and Rights of Minorities - small and large,
perished and present - in the country, the oppressions of which are
a state policy, violating all norms of Fundamental Human Rights,
Freedom and Dignity.