Voorbeeldbrief Turkije - Gewetensgevangene 01/98
Mr. Mesut Yilmaz
Prime Minister
Basbakanlik
06573 Ankara
Republiek Turkije
(Uw woonplaats, Datum)
Your Excellency,
I would like to draw your attention to the following.
Leyla Zana, Hatip Dicle, Selim Sadak and Orhan Dogan are currently serving 15-year prison sentences for exercising their right to freedom of expression.
The four politicians were elected to parliament in October 1991 as members of the Democracy Party (DEP), and were vocal in their support for, in Leyla Zana's words, "reconciliation between Kurds and Turks". In 1995, the European Parliament awarded Leyla Zana the Sakharov Prize for the defence of human rights.
All four received death threats, their parliamentary immunity was lifted, and they were prosecuted on charges of treason. In December 1994, after trial proceedings which fell far short of international standards, the four were convicted on charges of membership of the PKK (Kurdish Workers' Party), and were sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled this imprisonment to be arbitrary, in contravention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The four were never even accused of any violent activity. The evidence produced against them was extremely unreliable, contradictory, and some statements were allegedly extracted under torture.
I urgently request the immediate and unconditional release of these individuals in the absence of any convincing evidence of their involvement in acts of violence.
I place my trust in you to respond to my request in good judgement.
Yours respectfully,
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