Human Rights Watch is concerned at reports that several lawyers and administrators from the Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association of Turkey (HRA) as well as families of prisoners were detained on 7 June 1996, while trying to send a telegram dealing with prison conditions and reform to the Minister of Justice. The incident […]
Human Rights Watch is concerned at reports that several lawyers
and administrators from the Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights
Association of Turkey (HRA) as well as families of prisoners were
detained on 7 June 1996, while trying to send a telegram dealing
with prison conditions and reform to the Minister of Justice. The
incident occurred at the main post office in Sirkeci, Istanbul, at
12:00 hours. Among the detained are Ercan Kanar, Zeynep Baran,
Suna Aras, and Ayhan Erkal, all members or administrators of the
Istanbul branch of the HRA, and Mustafa Ucdere, head of the
Istanbul branch of the Contemporary Lawyers Association.
The detentions occurred while Turkey was hosting Habitat II, a
major international conference on the environment.
Recommended Action
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allow peaceful expression in Turkey
with the right to free expression of its own citizens
Appeals To
His Excellency Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz
Basbakanlik
06573 Ankara, Turkey
Fax: +90 312 417 0476 or +90 312 230 8896
Ulku Guney
Minister of the Interior
Icisleri Bakanligi
06644 Ankara, Turkey
Fax: +90 312 418 1066 or +90 312 418 1795
Mehmet Agar
Minister of Justice
Adalet Bakanligi
06659 Ankara, Turkey
Fax: +90 312 417 3954
your diplomatic representative in Turkey
the Turkish diplomatic representative in your country
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