From hrcoord at igc.apc.org  Mon Feb  1 02:34:07 1993
From: hrcoord at igc.apc.org (hrcoord at igc.apc.org)
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 18:34:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: IMPORTANT**Renaming Proposal
References: <APC.1.0.54efc69b.b5e@igc.apc.org>
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6b3.887@igc.apc.org>

Yes, Indra, reg. does mean regional.....so if you are comfortable
with gen.kurds I believe that name would fall into the new
naming conventions and would tell all that it is a conf all about
information on the Kurds.

Hugs,
Debra

From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Sat Feb 13 01:08:17 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 17:08:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: IMPORTANT**Renaming Proposal
References: <APC.1.0.54efc69b.b5e@igc.apc.org>
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6bd.211@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: IMPORTANT**Renaming Proposal

/* Written  4:59 pm  Feb 12, 1993 by pnmideast at igc.apc.org in igc:mideast.action */
/* ---------- "IMPORTANT: CONF RENAMING UPDATE" ---------- */
Please see the conference <mideast.forum> for an important
update on the APC Conference Renaming Proposal, under the
topic "IMPORTANT**Renaming Proposal." Included is a proposal
for a Middle East News conference.
Your feedback is very important here.

Jennifer Smith
middle east facilitator, peacenet
pnmideast

From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Mon Feb  1 05:35:29 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1993 21:35:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: IPS: Refugees...
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6b4.8dd@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: IPS: Refugees...

/* Written 12:10 am  Jan 31, 1993 by newsdesk at igc.apc.org in igc:ips.englibrary */
/* ---------- "REFUGEES: Police seek Russian base " ---------- */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1993, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: REFUGEES: Police seek Russian base to curb tide of boat people


stockholm, jan 27 (ips/greg mcivor) -- swedish police are seeking
to establish bases in russia in a bid to curb the rising number of
illegal refugees arriving from the east.

national police chief bjorn ericksson urged the russian
authorities wednesday to permit swedish detectives to be stationed
in moscow and st petersburg as part of a crack down on a wave of
''boat people'' arriving by sea via the baltic states.

almost 600 mainly kurdish and iraqi asylum-seekers have landed on
the swedish coast in five separate boat loads since september. in
one incident last week 391 asylum seekers were discovered by
locals on the island of gotland after a seven-day voyage from the
latvian capital, riga, in a 30-metre fishing boat.

conditions on board the vessel were so bad that 26 passengers
needed hospital treatment. in the most recent incident on sunday,
80 kurdish asylum seekers had to be rescued from a russian boat in
storm conditions off the swedish coast.

police believe the rapidly growing trade is masterminded by a
russian mafia operating in the major cities who lure refugees with
promises of work visas and a new life in scandinavia. they then
arrange for them to be smuggled to baltic ports in estonia and
latvia.

the swedish branch of the red cross estimates that there are
''hundreds'' of asylum seekers currently in russia trying to earn
enough money to pay for an onward passage. regarded as a burden by
the russian authorities, they are attracted by sweden's reputation
as a liberal haven for refugees.

many sacrifice their life savings to pay the market rate of 2,500
dollars for the trip. for the organisers, the financial inducement
is enormous: the two most recent voyages would have yielded well
over one million dollars.

''this is a very serious situation,'' police chief eriksson
said. ''when you look at the the future and see how this trade
could grow it is very worrying.''

he said vital intelligence could be gained if swedish police were
stationed in moscow and st. petersburg. ''we think this is the
best way for us to tackle the problem.''

swedish police recently began helping to train their estonian
counterparts in anti-smuggling techniques and eriksson hopes that
similar links can be established in the other baltic states and
russia.(more/ips)

refugees: police seek russian base to curb tide of boat people(2-e)

it is an open secret that a major centre for the trade in
refugees is an underground railway station beneath the mcdonalds
restaurant in moscow. privately, swedish officials are frustrated
at the russian police's apparent inability to tackle the problem.

in the wake of the latest arrivals. stockholm has promised
tougher action against boat crews found in breach of immigration
law. at present, courts can fine the culprits or impose prison
sentences of up to six months but have no power to seize boats.

in practice, the fines are often waived and the crews deported.
prison terms are a poor deterrent -- the wages given to inmates
guarantee a handsome lump sum for a russian returning home.

''we will examine ways of increasing the penalties on those who
bring the refugees across,'' said christer hallerby, of sweden's
immigration ministry, adding that boats might in future be
confiscated.

he said the government would also increase pressure on russia and
the baltic states to sign the geneva convention on refugees. this
would allow the sweden to send back asylum seekers arriving by
sea. under the convention, refugees must apply for asylum in the
first signatory country they enter. (end/ips/pr/gm/jm/93)



From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Wed Feb  3 05:44:53 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1993 21:44:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: TURK AIRCRAFT ATTACK REBEL KURDS FO
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6b5.b35@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: TURK AIRCRAFT ATTACK REBEL KURDS FO

/* Written  8:30 pm  Jan 31, 1993 by hrcoord at igc.apc.org in igc:hr.eurmideast */
/* ---------- "TURK AIRCRAFT ATTACK REBEL KURDS FO" ---------- */
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: TURK AIRCRAFT ATTACK REBEL KURDS FO

/* Written  1:14 pm  Jan 29, 1993 by sehari at iastate.edu in
igc:soc.culture.ir */

 TURK AIRCRAFT ATTACK REBEL KURDS FOR SECOND DAY
    ANKARA, Jan 22, Reuter - Turkish jets and helicopter gunships
attacked separatist Kurdish guerrilla bases in eastern Turkey for
the second successive day on Friday, a security official said.
    ``The operation is continuing today. But no clear result (on
rebel casualties) has been received. We must wait for the
operation to end,'' an official from the emergency rule
governorate in Diyarbakir city told Reuters by telephone.
    He did not give any details on the operation.  On Monday, six
    planes dropped bombs on camps of the Kurdistan Workers Party
(PKK) and helicopter gunships fired missiles at snow-covered
slopes in the Yolalan and Sihcuman regions in Bitlis province.
   Mountain commandos were moving up the slopes, covered with up
to two meters (6.5 ft) of snow, to seize the camps after aerial
attacks end, security sources said.
    Last week, military officials estimated 150 rebels were killed
in two days of air strikes on rebel camps in the eastern province
of Bingol.
    Security sources said the military hoped repeated attacks
would cripple the PKK before it regroups for a spring offensive.
    More than 5,300 people have been killed in Turkey since the
Marxist PKK launched a violent campaign in 1984 for a separate
Kurdish state.
 REUTER SY AS JCH

--

From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Wed Feb  3 05:45:57 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1993 21:45:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: GERMAN REPORTER JAILED FOR HELPING
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6b6.b79@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: GERMAN REPORTER JAILED FOR HELPING

/* Written  8:31 pm  Jan 31, 1993 by hrcoord at igc.apc.org in igc:hr.eurmideast */
/* ---------- "GERMAN REPORTER JAILED FOR HELPING" ---------- */
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: GERMAN REPORTER JAILED FOR HELPING 

/* Written  1:16 pm  Jan 29, 1993 by sehari at iastate.edu in
igc:soc.culture.ir */

 GERMAN REPORTER JAILED FOR HELPING REBEL KURDS
    DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Jan 22, Reuter - A Turkish state security
court sentenced a German freelance reporter to three years and
nine months in jail after he was convicted of helping a rebel
Kurdish group.
    ``Stefan Woldberg, 25, was jailed...because the items seized
with him are evidence that he helped and sheltered the PKK
(Kurdistan Workers Party),'' the court said after the hearing in
Diyarbakir, southeast Turkey.
    It said interviews he made and recorded on audio tapes in
camps, PKK lapel pins and letters from PKK members to be sent to
Germany showed he had helped the group, whose eight-year-old
independence war in Turkey has claimed more than 5,400 lives.
    Woldberg, in jail since his detention, said he rejected the
charges. ``I am being accused without evidence. I did not help the
PKK,'' he told the court.
    He said he was beaten by Turkish police during his
    interrogation.  He was detained by Turkish forces when he
    entered the country from Iraq in
November on suspicion that he helped the banned PKK during his
visit to its camps in northern Iraq.
 REUTER ERC JCH

--

From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Wed Feb  3 05:47:49 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1993 21:47:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Turkey: Bomb Kills Eight
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6b7.bf1@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: Turkey: Bomb Kills Eight

/* Written  8:33 pm  Jan 31, 1993 by hrcoord at igc.apc.org in igc:hr.eurmideast */
/* ---------- "Turkey: Bomb Kills Eight" ---------- */
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Turkey: Bomb Kills Eight

/* Written  1:24 pm  Jan 29, 1993 by sehari at iastate.edu in
igc:soc.culture.ir */

 BOMB KILLS EIGHT, INJURES 120 IN N. IRAQ - KURDISH OFFICIAL
    ANKARA, Jan 23, Reuter - A car bomb killed eight people and
wounded 120 on Friday in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, inside
the ``safe haven'' for Kurds set up by the U.S.-led Gulf War
allies, a Kurdish party official said in Ankara.
    ``The bomb exploded in a central and crowded area at 1310
local time. It also wrecked many nearby stores and cars,'' an
official from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) told
reporters.
    The PUK official said: ``We are 80 per cent certain that the
bomb was planted by Baghdad.''
 REUTER SY WS

--

From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Wed Feb  3 05:48:52 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1993 21:48:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Turkey: Eight Killed
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6b8.c34@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: Turkey: Eight Killed

/* Written  8:34 pm  Jan 31, 1993 by hrcoord at igc.apc.org in igc:hr.eurmideast */
/* ---------- "Turkey: Eight Killed" ---------- */
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Turkey: Eight Killed

/* Written  1:27 pm  Jan 29, 1993 by sehari at iastate.edu in
igc:soc.culture.ir */

 EIGHT KILLED IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY
    ISTANBUL, Jan 23, Reuter - Four people were killed in the in
the city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey on Saturday when
gunmen sprayed a coffee house with automatic weapons fire, Turkish
television said.
    Four more people were killed when a bomb left by the gunmen
exploded at the house of a child who had taken it home, it said.
    Fourteen people were wounded in the two incidents.  The
    television gave no reason for the attack on the coffee house.
    Some
survivors interviewed on television said it was frequented by
elderly people.
    More than 5,000 people have been killed in political violence
in the southeast since Kurdish separatists launched a guerrilla
camapign against the government in 1984.
 REUTER RE JW

--

From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Wed Feb  3 06:08:07 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1993 22:08:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Belgium: Kurds on Hunger Strike
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6b9.207@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: Belgium: Kurds on Hunger Strike

/* Written  9:06 pm  Feb  2, 1993 by hrcoord at igc.apc.org in igc:hr.eurmideast */
/* ---------- "Belgium: Kurds on Hunger Strike" ---------- */
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Belgium: Kurds on Hunger Strike

/* Written 12:27 am  Feb  2, 1993 by geonet at gn.apc.org in igc:geo2.its */

Telex News 4
February 1, 1993


Belgium: Six hundred Kurds from all over Europe have started a sit-in
and hunger strike in the centre of Brussels on January 24 in protest
at the "inhuman and degrading repression by the Turkish state against
the Kurdish population". The ICFTU's Belgian affiliate, the FGTB, has
sent a message of support to the protesters. The protest has been
organised by 15 members of the Europe-based Kurdistan national
assembly.


From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Wed Feb  3 06:18:03 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1993 22:18:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: TURKISH KURDS LAUNCH HUNGER STRIKE
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6ba.483@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: TURKISH KURDS LAUNCH HUNGER STRIKE

/* Written 10:02 pm  Feb  2, 1993 by hrcoord at igc.apc.org in igc:hr.eurmideast */
/* ---------- "TURKISH KURDS LAUNCH HUNGER STRIKE" ---------- */
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: TURKISH KURDS LAUNCH HUNGER STRIKE 

/* Written  3:33 pm  Feb  1, 1993 by sehari at iastate.edu in
igc:soc.culture.ir */

 TURKISH KURDS LAUNCH HUNGER STRIKE IN BRUSSELS
    BRUSSELS, Jan 26, Reuter - Fifteen Kurdish politicians have
joined 700 kurds on a hunger strike in Brussels to put pressure on
Western governments to prevent what they say are Turkish plans for
genocide in Kurdistan.
    The politicians, elected in Europe to a Kurdish parliament in
exile, urged the European Parliament at a news conference on
Tuesday to send a delegation to Kurdistan to investigate human
rights abuses.
    ``We want to make known to the world the tragedy of our
people's situation and to make Western public opinion aware of the
approaching genocide,'' the MPs said in a statement.
    Since Sunday, 700 Kurds have been camping in a former meat
market in central Brussels. They have consumed only sugar-water
and tea and spend most of the day sitting on thin foam mattresses.
    About 2,000 people responded to the appeal for a hunger strike
but there was only enough room in the Brussels hall for 700, one
of the politicians said.  Turkish Kurds in Canada and Australia
had also joined the protest action, he added.
    ``We are on an unlimited hunger strike. People may die, but we
are prepared to carry on until we get a response from Western
governments,'' said Ilhan Kizilhan, a member of the Kurdistan
National Assembly, the parliament in exile.
    The politicians accused Western states of ignoring events in
Kurdistan and said they had been ``taken in by the liberal mask''
of the government.
    Belgian parliamentarians have supported the strike call.
Senator Hugo Van Rompaey said he had visited Kurdistan in 1991 and
had been alarmed by human rights abuses there.
    ``We must bring pressure on the Turkish government to respect
human rights and to find a democratic way to solve the problem of
the Kurdish people,'' he said.
    The Turkish government has taken a tough line against
separatist Kurdish groups, which want an independent Kurdistan.
More than 5,200 people have been killed in Turkey since the
Kurdistan Workers Party launched a guerrilla war in 1984.
 REUTER SEP THW

--

From istanbul_people at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org  Sat Feb  6 00:40:18 1993
From: istanbul_people at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org (istanbul_people at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org)
Date: 06 Feb 1993 00:40:18
Subject: distributor murdererd by countergue
Message-ID: <4v8NG4or8F@ip.cl-hh.comlink.de>


Yeni Uelke
Basmusahip Sok 16/4
Cagaloglu ISTANBUL
Turkey
tel +90 1 513 34 32
fax +90 1 513 41 33

21.01.93

press release

ONE OF OUR DISTRIBUTORS WAS MURDERED BY COUNTER-GUERILLA

Orhan Karaagar (age 30) who is a distributer of "Yeni Uelke" and
"Oezguer Guendem" newspapers of Wan, a city of Kurdistan, was murdered
by counter-guerilla in January 19, 1993.

In last two month, in Kurdistan, three distributers where murdered by
"unknown forces". A lot of them were threatended by counter-guerillas.

A lot of journalists were arrested and killed. Target of Turkish government,
cutting relationship between Kurdish people and newspapers.
All these applcations are the result of a piece of "Dirty War" and the
same time, these applications are showing to end Turkish regime.

We will continue to write realnews. We also don't stop talking.

The editor of Yeni Uelke
Buelent Aydin## CrossPoint v2.1 R ##

From aforum at moose.uvm.edu  Mon Feb  8 20:54:12 1993
From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (aforum at moose.uvm.edu)
Date: 08 Feb 1993 20:54:12
Subject: No Subject Line
Message-ID: <bac1c849.9302090451.AA25082@moose.uvm.edu>

From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (autonome forum)


This is just a quick note to let everyone know that alt.poltics.radical-left
is now up and running! Hopefully this newsgroup can function as a good means
for various left-radical/revolutionary groups to exchange news itmes that are
otherwise neglected by the capitalist media establishment.

For social revolution,

autonome forum
aforum at moose.uvm.edu

From istanbul_people at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org  Tue Feb  9 01:36:47 1993
From: istanbul_people at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org (istanbul_people at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org)
Date: 09 Feb 1993 01:36:47
Subject: Looking for contact
Message-ID: <4vOOzERr8F@ip.cl-hh.comlink.de>


Merheba!

Hi, we are knew on this conference.

We are looking for contact.

We are interested in publishing more and better information about Kurdistan
and Turkey here in APC.

We trying to establish electronic communications here in Istanbul.

And would like to talk about using turkish/kurdish on computer,
turkish/kurdish mails in APC as well.

For the time being we are more or less in contact with
ISCILERIN SESI
YENI UELKE
WELAT
SOCIALIST TURKEY PARTY (STP)
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION (IHD)

With greetings
cje

-------
Istanbul People -
Trying to establish electronic communication for progressive groups in Istanbul
Write to us in english, turkish, kurdish, german
E-Mail : istanbul_people at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org



From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Thu Feb 11 08:49:11 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 00:49:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: REFUGEES: Kurdish hunger strike ent
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6bb.c4b@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: REFUGEES: Kurdish hunger strike ent

/* Written 12:11 am  Feb  8, 1993 by newsdesk at igc.apc.org in igc:ips.englibrary */
/* ---------- "REFUGEES: Kurdish hunger strike ent" ---------- */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1993, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Reference: Europe, western
Title: REFUGEES: Kurdish hunger strike enter its twelfth day


brussels, feb 5 (ips/alecia mckenzie) -- a group of 700 kurdish
hunger strikers have entered the twelfth day of their protest here
friday against the turkish government to force it to end its
violent campaign against the country's 15 million kurds.

the hunger strikers are calling upon ec member states to stop
selling arms to turkey and to put pressure on the ec's european
and national parliaments to send delegations to kurdistan to
inspect the situation there.

those appeals were reiterated by a greek parliamentary delegation
which met with european commission officials friday.

the hunger strike, begun jan. 24, will ''continue until europe
awakens'', said the kurdistan committee's spokesperson, who goes
by the name of ''medya''.

a 20-year-old student at the free university of brussels, medya
declines to reveal her real name because she fears reprisals from
turkish authorities. she says her uncle was killed last year by
turkish troops in kurdistan.

in fact, many of the hunger-strikers occupying the vast st. gery
hall in the centre of brussels have similar tales of persecution
at the hands of the turkish state.

they speak of torture, arrests and killings. many are members or
sympathisers of the marxist kurdistan workers party (pkk), which
turkey considers a terrorist organization.

the protesters also include 15 kurdish ''parliamentarians'' who
have been elected by some 90,000 kurds living in europe. they
initiated the hunger strike, inviting kurds from england, germany,
france, sweden, the netherlands and other countries to take part.

initially, more than 2,000 kurds wanted to participate but many
had to be turned back for lack of room. simultaneous hunger
strikes are also taking place in canada, australia, finland and in
prisons in turkey.

in kurdistan, shops were closed for two days and traffic stopped,
in solidarity with the protestors.

since 1984, the pkk has been locked in an armed struggle with the
turkish state, which does not recognise the kurds as a separate
nation. the kurdish language was officially banned until two years
ago.

according to the pkk, the turkish state killed 14,000 kurds from
1925 to 1938, and 7,000 more from 1979 to 1992. this year, turkey
intends to launch total war against the kurdish people, the pkk
says. but international observers have accused both sides of
committing atrocities.(more/ips)

refugees: kurdish hunger strike enter its twelfth day(2-e)

such accusations are unfair, according to asif hasan spokesman
for the national liberation front of kurdistan, the political wing
of the pkk.

''the world is a network of special interests, and some western
countries behave subjectively because of their economic interests
in turkey,'' he said.

he added that in the past, some pkk commanders have carried out
attacks in which women and children were killed, but that these
fighters were punished.

he cited the case of a commander who killed a ''collaborator''
along with a woman and two children who were in the same house.

''the commander knew he would be punished, so what did he do?
he fled to the turkish state where they are using him as a counter-
guerrilla. so you can see where the killers are hiding,'' hasan
said.

he acknowledged, however, that when pkk militants find
''obstacles'' in their path, they ''remove them, including
collaborators''.

still, according to hasan, the pkk would prefer to have a
peaceful solution to the problem, but he said that every time the
kurds make such appeals, the turkish state ''bombard one of our
villages''.

''if we use arms, it is the primitiveness of the turkish state
that forces us to do so,'' hasan said.

for its part, turkey dismisses the pkk as terrorists and
officials have said that the organisation is coercing the hunger
strikers in brussels.

whatever the truth, many of the protestors ''are willing to die
for the struggle'' medya said.

the visiting greek parliamentary delegation are urging the
european community (ec) to take action against turkey over their
treatment of their indigenous kurdish population.

greece is a natural ally of the kurds because ''they, too, have
suffered at the hands of turkey'' according to a spokesperson for
the kurdistan committee, which represents kurds living in belgium.
greece is currently blocking turkey's application to join the ec.
(end/ips/hr/am/mf/93)


From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Thu Feb 11 08:50:49 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 00:50:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CULTURE: Film festival addresses pr
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6bc.cb1@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: CULTURE: Film festival addresses pr

/* Written 12:03 am  Feb  9, 1993 by newsdesk at igc.apc.org in igc:ips.englibrary */
/* ---------- "CULTURE: Film festival addresses pr" ---------- */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1993, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: CULTURE: Film festival addresses problem of censorship


an inter press service feature

by guido de bruin

rotterdam, feb 6 (ips) -- film makers in many parts of the world
face obstructions from hostile governments. but, in a special
programme, the rotterdam film festival has shown some examples of
films which the censors would rather the public did not see.

kurdish children stealthily going to school in a cave, a struggle
between a deserter and a patriot in serbia, and the ruins of an
indus civilisation monument in pakistan -- three subjects of
recent controversial movies made under difficult circumstances.

for the second time in its 22-year existence, the internationally
renowned rotterdam film festival ran a programme titled 'the
limits of liberty' dealing with human rights issues concerning
film makers in various countries. the festival closes on sunday.

this year, an organisation called 'filmfree' will be set up to
provide support to film makers in all kinds of trouble.

one of the people who could have done with help from filmfree is
senar turgut, producer of the kurdish movie 'siyabend and xece'
which witnessed its world premiere in rotterdam.

right from the start, the turkish authorities tried to stop the
shooting of the film in kurdistan, a province in south-eastern
turkey, where kurds struggle for self-determination.

turgut had convinced the authorities that he was filming a
turkish love story, but when the shooting progressed, the police
apparently discovered there was more to the film, and told turgut
it would be better if he stopped filming.

turgut refused and he ended up in jail, where he says he was
tortured and spent two months without trial. the film survived,
however, and was edited in germany.

'siyabend and xece' is based on a kurdish fairy tale, set in the
times of the ottoman empire, in which the hero takes on the prince
and his tax collectors.

according to script writer huseyin erdem, who lives in exile in
germany, the tale has a clear political dimension. few viewers
will not have made the leap from the ottoman prince to his present-
day turkish counterparts.

''the turkish government is afraid of a fairy-tale,'' erdem said.
the government, which was systematically trying to suppress
kurdish culture, did not miss the point, he added. (more/ips)

culture: film festival addresses problem of censorship(2-e)

in the film, an old man tells the fairy tale to school children
in a remote cave, in spite of occasional shooting outside. for
erdem, this signifies that ''our culture is transmitted through
children, and will not die due to all the shooting''.

another culture threatened by government repression is that of
sindh, a province in pakistan, whose inhabitants try to retain
their culture which they trace back to the 5,000-year-old indus
civilisation.

''where peacocks dance'' is 1991 film by sabiha sumar, which
tries to picture the aspirations of the 25 million sindhis in the
face of attempts by the pakistan government to spread a uniform
islamic culture among them.

''how can we save that which has been destroyed by god?'', a
sindhi, interviewed in the film, quotes an official justifying the
government's alleged reluctance to preserve the indus civilisation
remains of mohenjo daro. for sindhis it is a potent symbol of
their culture.

''my basic motivation was to give voice to the people of sindh,''
sumar said. the government was not pleased, and started an
investigation. sumar left pakistan after her documentary was shown
on channel four in britain, afraid of a government reprisal.

''i hope to be able to show the film in pakistan in the coming
months. it will be an underground film, as it will never get a
censorship clearance,'' she said.

''i was assured by the authorities there will be no more
harassment when i come back to pakistan, but i don't trust
everything will be all right,'' sumar added.

a separate programme in the festival showed comedies from egypt
and iran, two countries where censors are very active to keep film
production within the limits of islamic morals. ''in iran, there
are as many civil servants as there are censorship regulations,''
said film critic nasser zerraati, noting that iranian directors
really don't know exactly what is allowed and what not.

but iranian directors dariush farhang and abolhassen davudi are
not terribly upset by censorship in their country. they know their
limitations, but try to make the best of it, trying to push the
censorship barriers.

''we always try to make the kind of art that we want. but it is
better to make something half-satisfactory than to make nothing.
we need time to improve in the future,'' davudi said.

and farhang says things have improved in recent years. for
example, a close-up of a woman would not be tolerated five years
ago, but passes censors now without problem. things are changing
slowly, he said, and that keeps him going. (end/ips/ce/gdb/mf/93)


From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Fri Feb 19 04:18:50 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 20:18:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: AI EX013/93 TURKEY Fear of torture
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6be.4b2@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: AI EX013/93 TURKEY Fear of torture

/* Written  6:59 pm  Feb 11, 1993 by rmitchellai at gn.apc.org in igc:ai.uan */
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EXTRA  13/93      Fear of Torture   11 February 1993

TURKEY:           Adnan Alp, owner of MELSA Publishing House
                  Besra Eksen (female), member of People's Labour
                                             Party HEP
                  Salih Dindar, board member of Mesopotamia Culture
                                             Centre 
                  Celal Sekeroglu, Mesopotamia Culture Centre
                  Saniye Aktas (female), Mesopotamia Culture Centre
                  Mahmut Fakhani
                  Kemal Sahin
                  Haydar Demir
                  Guler from journal Ozgur Halk (second name is not
                        known to Amnesty International)

 Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of scores of people,
including those named above, who have been detained during the past
few days in an ongoing police operation in Istanbul.

On 9 February 1993, five people were detained at the office of the
Kurdish owned newspaper Yeni Ulke and four were released the
following day. However, one of them, Adnan Alp, was brought back to
the newspaper office by the police on 10 February, where he was
beaten by 15-20 plainclothes policemen who were armed with
automatic weapons.  They beat him in front of the staff who could see
that he was in a very poor state of health and then took him back to
the police headquarters. Police also searched the offices of Yeni Ulke
and of the journal Welat which is located in the same building. The
police searched through their archives and confiscated film negatives,
causing considerable damage and disorder.

Adnan Alp and the other eight people named above, who were
detained at various places in Istanbul on or around 9 February 1993,
are held incommunicado at the Anti-Terror Branch of Istanbul Police
Headquarters. Released detainees have reported that Besra Eksen was
being badly tortured.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Turkey ratified the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture
on 25 February 1988 and the UN Convention Against Torture on 2
August 1988. However, all information available to Amnesty
International indicates that torture is still widespread and systematic in
Turkey. Most allegations relate to ill-treatment of detainees in police
custody during their initial interrogation when they are usually denied
access to relatives or a lawyer. New legislation to shorten the
maximum detention period came into force on 1 December 1992. Now
the normal maximum period of 24 hours, for which a non-political
detainee may be held before being formally charged or released, may
be extended to eight days in cases of ordinary crimes involving three
or more suspects. Detainees held on suspicion of political offences to
be tried in State Security Courts may be held without charge for 15
days. This period may be extended to 30 days in provinces under
emergency legislation or martial law. Emergency legislation is currently
in force in 10 provinces in the southeast. 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:  Please send
telegrams/telexes/faxes/express and airmail letters either in English or
in your own language:

-  expressing concern about the alleged beating of Adnan Alp by
police officers at the office of Yeni Ulke on 10 February 1993;

-  urging that Adnan Alp and others detained in Istanbul on or around
9 February 1993 (including those named above) are not subjected to
torture or ill-treatment;

-  asking on what charges they have been detained.

APPEALS TO:

Istanbul Chief of Police:

Mr Necdet Menzir                    [Salutation: Dear Sir]
Istanbul Emniyet Muduru
Istanbul, Turkey
Telegrams: Emniyet Muduru, Istanbul, Turkey
Telexes:   30811 IEHM TR, 30812 EMMH TR or 26177 IEMT TR
Faxes:     + 90 1 526 8100

Minister of the Interior:

Mr Ismet Sezgin                     [Salutation: Dear Minister]
Icisleri Bakanligi
06644 Ankara, Turkey
Telegrams: Interior Minister, Ankara, Turkey
Telexes:   46369 ICSL TR
Faxes:     + 90 4 418 1795

PLEASE SEND COPIES OF YOUR APPEALS TO:

President of the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission:

Mr Sabri Yavuz
Insan Haklari Arastirma Komisyonu Baskani
TBMM
Ankara, Turkey

and to the diplomatic representative in your country - please see the
responses to this topic for details.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.  Please do not send
appeals after 25 February 1993.

From mbaltazar at igc.apc.org  Sat Feb 20 10:49:37 1993
From: mbaltazar at igc.apc.org (mbaltazar at igc.apc.org)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 02:49:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: An Independent Kurdish State????  I
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6bf.c65@igc.apc.org>

From: Maria Antoinette Baltazar <mbaltazar>
Subject: An Independent Kurdish State????  I

     The Middle East has provided the world with a setting of
constant contention and disagreement.  Recently, a particular
matter of controversy in the Middle East has sparked great
contention and disagreement between Iran, Iraq, Syria, and
Turkey.  The root of this controversy pertains to the Kurdish
minorities within these countries.   In this article I will
examine the present current Kurdish situation in the Middle East
and argue that an independent and sovereign Kurdish state is
inconceivable because of inner Kurdish disputes, differences, and
factional objectives.   I will proceed the construction of my
argument with background information relating to the present
Kurdish political structure and continue with an examination of
the Kurdish situation.  In conclusion an evaluation will be
presented of the Kurdish matter and the unlikelihood of an
independent Kurdish state in the Middle East. 


The Present Kurdish Political Structure

   The Kurdish nation is geographically divided amongst Iran,
Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.  Since the  Kurds are  divided amongst  
four very distinct political state a collective Kurdish voice
cannot be proclaimed throughout the Middle  East. Thus,  Kurds 
have established distinct factional organizations to express
their views and carry out their "national" aspirations.

   In existence there are four major Kurdish factional
organizations: the Iraqi Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), the
Iraqi Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the Iranian Kurdish
Democratic Party (KDPI), and Turkey's Parti-ye Karkarani-i
Kurdistan (PKK, or the Kurdish Workers' Party).  Each of these
organizations have operated independently and according to
separate political programs (Bolukbasi, 1991, p. 15).


Division of Power and Influence Amongst Kurds

   As stated, Kurds are represented within Iran, Iraq, Syria, and
Turkey by the KDP, PUK, KDPI, and the PKK.  Since the Kurdish
population is geo-politically divided amongst these countries,
each factional organization serves to satisfy the differentiating
needs for its respective Kurdish community.  However, different
needs lead to distinct and preferred criteria of solution, thus,
lies a source for potential inner-communal contention and
disagreement.

   Due to the unique needs of the separate Kurdish communities',
each factional organization has established specific divisions to
satisfy their respective requirements, including militant
contingencies.  If preference for a particular cause or view is
given by a particular factional organization and is seen as
insignificant by another, controversy may arise that may lead to
bloodshed amongst the respective militant contingencies.  The
respective Kurdish organizations are set out to achieve their
desired political aspirations and by doing so, frequently utilize
militant tactics.  Thus, a power struggle arises.

     The realities of power are responses to problems of anarchic
international environments with accompanying security dilemmas
and resulting imperatives for self-help (Leiber, 1991, p.13).  
Conflicting interests and views amongst the various Kurdish
factional organizations lead to problems of an anarchic inner-
communal environment, resulting in a security predicament, and
concluding with a need for self-help.  The obvious similarities
between the provided description of world affairs and the present
Kurdish inner-predicament leads one to a problematic conclusion
pertaining to the Middle East's Kurdish situation.

   The inner-communal power struggle can be illustrated by the
PKK case.  The PKK was established by Abdullah Ocalan and a
number of his associates in 1978.  Ocalan described that the
necessary conditions for a Kurdish national independence
movement,  "were present and action was needed to materialize the
PKK's principal objective, that of establishing an independent
Kurdistan" (Bolukbasi, 1991, p.16)  Although the PKK is a Kurdish
secessionist party, until 1980 its activities were primarily
against other Kurdish militants and members of other
organizations, including Rizgari (Liberation), zgrlk Yolu
(Freedom Path), Kawa (the name of a Kurdish hero), Kurdish
National Liberators (KUK), and the Revolutionary Democratic
Cultural Associations (KKDK).

   Like all functional organizations these Kurdish liberating
movements need financial support and financing.  In particular,
the PKK robbed banks, jewelers, and engaged in arms and narcotics
smuggling.  Syria has provided logistical, military, and
financial support to the PKK to the extent that by 1984 the PKK
had lost most of its organizational freedom (Bolukbasi, 1991, p.
16-7).

   The PKK's major rivals for power and influence amongst the
Kurds are the KDP, led by Mesut Barzani, and the PUK, led by
Jalal Talabani.  In essence both the KDP and PUK embrace the same
objective:  the overthrow of the Ba'th regime and the
establishment of a democratic state with an autonomous Kurdistan.

   The distinct factional differences and their respective
militant contingencies pose a great threat to a unified Kurdish
nation.  If Kurds cannot unite under a particular cause where
ideological agreement is not a requirement, the progression of a
Kurdish cause will be hindered.  Differences amongst Kurdish
communities bears the root of future inner-communal controversy,
conflict, disagreement, and disunity.  Hence, the likelihood of a
unified Kurdish nation is inconceivable, let alone an independent
Kurdish state.

State Sovereignty

   State sovereignty is a country's right to control its own
actions without external interference and influence.  All states
reserve the right to self-determination, at a minimum to protect
their borders and at a maximum to expand their borders.

   The Kurdish matter is greatly affected by the principles of
state sovereignty and the parties involved.  Iran, Iraq, Syria,
and Turkey are all established states that have no intentions of
allowing a foreign party or an association of parties, like the
PKK, KDP, KDPI, and PUK, to extract land from their territorial
boundaries in order to establish an independent Kurdistan.

   On October 16, 1992, the Turkish Prime Minister, Mr. Suleyman
Demirel, attended a banquet at which he commented on the concept
of state sovereignty pertaining to the Kurdish matter:

     A  federal  state  has not  been  established  in 
     northern Iraq. A declaration of  a Federal State  is a
     unilateral  decision.   Turkey as a  unitarian state
     will not give away an inch of her territory. (NA, 1991,
     p.1)

States become very sensitive when parties, organizations, and/or
individuals institute a scheme that will threaten their
sovereignty.   Sovereignty is key principle for which states
will, at an extreme, wage war to conserve and preserve. 

   The notion of establishing an independent Kurdistan in the
Middle East provides Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey with
discomfort:  it threatens their sovereignty.  In the past Iran,
Iraq, Syria, and Turkey have all conveyed military operations
against terrorist-militant contingencies that have threatened
their respective state sovereignties.  Terrorism, as defined by
The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary, is, "the policy of using
acts inspiring terror as a method of ruling or of conducting
political opposition."(Cayne, 1988, p. 1021)  Since Kurdish
factional organizations use militant contingencies that cause
bloodshed and destruction in the name of political expression,
they are considered terrorists.  Thus, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and
Turkey have all engaged in anti-terrorist campaigns to protect
their respective borders and boundaries: a principle of state
sovereignty.

   While Kurdish factions continue to threaten the sovereignty of
states in which the Kurdish nation exists, Kurds will find it
very difficult to negotiate the simplest of human rights and the
idea of political representation.  If Kurds terminate the use of
terror they will obtain support from the global community.  For
sensible states do not support terrorists or terrorist
activities.  Kurds must make an attempt to negotiate with the
concerned states and firstly establish formal representation. 
For example, the present Turkish Foreign Minister, Mr. Hikmet
Cetin, is an ethnic Kurd.  If Kurds make a forced attempt of
statehood, they will neither receive international aid or be
permitted to maintain their statehood by the concerned sovereign
states in the Middle East.


State Building And Nation Dismantling

   The concept of state building has an adverse effect on
nations: it dismantles them.  While people attempt to unite and
establish a state that will represent their aspirations,
interests, and view in the international community, other nations
are dismantled in the process.  When the borders and boundaries
of a state are established it is common to see that a nation
within the geo-politically divided area to be dismantled.

   This concept can be illustrated by utilizing the Kurdish case.

The Treaty of Versailles restructured and established the present
day Middle East.  While the victorious allies were cutting,
carving, and reshaping the Middle East, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and
Syria were established.  Room for a Kurdish state was not
allotted.  Hence, the state building process contributed to the
dismantling of the Kurdish nation.

   Once the geo-political structure of the Middle East was
established, the newly created states set out to satisfy their
national objectives and determine a format for progress. 
Throughout this process the Kurdish population within the Middle
East was neglected and thus, did not advance as quickly as their
sovereigns.  This neglect caused resentment within the Kurdish
nation towards the involved states.  

   The resentment within Kurds was the basis for establishing the
factional organizations.  These organizations were to unite the
Kurds and become a means by which Kurdish needs would be
fulfilled.  However, as earlier stated, ideological differences
have rendered unique outlooks and have become a source of
division amongst present day Kurds.  Disunity within the Kurds is
the Kurdish nation's most significant enemy.  Inner-communal
conflict, contention, and disagreement is restricting the
opportunity for Kurdish consolidation and gives strong reason to
believe an independent and united Kurdistan is inconceivable.

Unlikelihood Of An Independent And United Kurdish State

  As it has been previously discussed the idea of an independent
Kurdish state is highly unlikely.  The states within the Middle
East would have to give up, land, resources, and possibly
regional influence.  Since all the concerned countries view the
present borders and boundaries as being permanent, it is highly
unlikely that any one of the four states will accede any
territory to comprise a Kurdish state.

   The flip-side of this issue is that a unified Kurdish nation
is also highly unlikely.  The factional organizations are backed
by opposing parties with contradicting ideological views.  The
PKK is a Marxist organization that aims to "liberate" Kurdish-
Turkey and then venture to do the same throughout the whole
Middle East.

   Mesut Barzani, leader of the KDP, and Jalal Talabani, leader
of the PUK, were in Ankara, Turkey, in early September 1992,
holding talks with President Turgut Ozal.  The main body of their
discussions were about how the PKK could be rooted out of
Northern Iraq (NA, Economist, 1992, p. 46)  Mr. Barzani vowed
that the PKK would be pushed out of his territory.  However, Mr.
Talabani went further to suggest that northern Iraq may one day
become a part of Turkey, but then changed his motion to say, "We
expect Turkey to be our mentor, similar to its treatment of
Turkish Cypriots" (NA, Economist, 1992, p. 46)

   The Kurdish nation remains divided between ideological, geo-
political, and directional structures.  The Kurdish "aspiration"
to establish an independent and sovereign Kurdistan is an
inconceivable gesture.  In order to achieve political acceptance
Kurds must conform themselves to the routine lifestyles of their
inherent states.  By only doing this will the Kurds have their
voices herd the channels of the political world.  If Kurds
continue to pursue political acknowledgement by means of
terrorist activity political and cultural degeneration, not
progression, will become inevitable.  Due to the circumstances
that entail the Kurdish nation, the concept of having an
independent Kurdish state are inconceivable and unattainable. 

                         Works Cited

Bolukbasi, Suha.  "Ankara, Damascus, Baghdad, and the
Regionalization of Turkey's Kurdish     Secessionism."  Journal
of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.  Volume XIV, No. 4,   
 Summer 1991:      .


Cayne, Bernard.  The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary.  (New
York: Lexicon Publications,     1988 edition.)


Leiber, Robert.  No Common Power.  (New York: Harper Collins
Publishers, 1991.)


NA.  "Border wars."  The Economist.  September 5, 1992: 56.


NA.  "PM Demirel: 'Turkey will not relinquish an inch of her
territory'."  Newspot.        Octoboer 22, 1992: 1.





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     " But at no time has the island [Cyprus] been a
     constituent part of Hellenic Greece.  It was absorbed,
     along with, but not as an integral part of, Greece
     proper and the Aegean area, by the Byzantine Empire. 
     Its church was an autocephalous member of the Holy
     Eastern Orthodox Church, and thus religion combined
     with language to foster the idea that Cypriots were
     Greek in origin."

               Sir George Hill, 1952, p. 488

From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Sat Feb 20 22:57:46 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 14:57:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Facilitator Announcement: Class
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6c0.e6e@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: Facilitator Announcement: Class

Dear Middle East networkers,

As part of an online networking class, Alex Halavais (ahalavais)
and Maria Baltazar (mbaltazar) are monitoring APC conferences for
the purpose of posting material to the Middle East and gen.muslims
conferences through the month of March. Any questions or comments
can be directed to the class instructor, Howard Frederick (hfrederick)
or to myself.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Smith
Middle East facilitator, PeaceNet
pnmideast at igc.apc.org

From aforum at moose.uvm.edu  Wed Feb 24 19:21:32 1993
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Date: 24 Feb 1993 19:21:32
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subject: German journalist jailed for supporting PKK
posted by: Autonome Forum <aforum at moose.uvm.edu>
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                 AMARC Emergency Action Network

     3575 St-Laurent, # 704 - Montreal, Quebec - H2X 2T7  Canada
           Fax: +(514) 849-7129 - Tel: +(514) 982-0351
                    Email: amarc at web.apc.org


                          ACTION ALERT

         German Community Radio Journalist Jailed in Turkey

On January 22, 1993 Stephan Waldberg, a freelance journalist with
Radio Dreyeckland in Freiburg, Germany was sentenced to three
years and nine months in prison by the Turkish State Security
Council. Waldberg had been arrested in October and charged with
being a courier for the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), a movement
whose eight year war for independence has claimed more than 5,400
lives.

The facts of the case are as follows:
          1) In September 1992 Stephan Waldberg travelled to
     Turkey to investigate the war being waged on the Kurdish
     civilian population by the Turkish government. He was
     particularly interested in discovering whether the Turkish
     government was using German-built weapons against the
     Kurdish community.
          2) While in Turkey Waldberg had an opportunity to visit
     a PKK camp in Northern Iraq. While there he witnessed
     numerous bombardments, including some in which the Turkish
     air-force was involved.
          3) On October 22, 1992 he travelled back to Turkey and
     was arrested at the border. He was held in prison and
     tortured by the Turkish police for a week before the German
     embassy was notified of his arrest. German embassy officials
     visited him on November 19. At that time he gave a detailed
     accounting of ill-treatment and blackmail attempts by the
     Turks.
          4) Waldberg was tried by the State Security Court, a
     special "emergency" court that hears political cases, such
     as those against PKK members. The court rejected Waldberg's
     defence that he was a journalist and sentenced him to three
     years and nine months in prison. In a statement following
     the sentencing the court maintained that the audio tapes,
     written information and lapel pins carried by Waldberg were
     "evidence that he helped and sheltered the PKK".

Waldberg's case has been taken up by the German journalists union
which called the sentence "legal terrorism" and by a Social
Democrat member of parliament who questioned the legality of the
conviction and demanded that Waldberg be freed. The newspaper
Badische Zeitung wrote, "They made an example of Stephan
Waldberg" because he questioned the "image of a democratic
Turkey, a country with law and order which is orientated towards
Western Europe."

The German government has not enthusiastically sought Waldberg's
freedom. According to a statement by Radio Dreyeckland the
government's reticence may be explained by its unwillingness to
sacrifice its close political, economic and military ties with
Turkey. Germany continues to sell weapons systems to Turkey,
including bomber aircraft. The statement adds that Dreyeckland
"is rather a small radio station which has always been a thorn in
the flesh of the government and for whose journalists it doesn't
seem worth getting involved."

The Stephan Waldberg case is of particular concern to AMARC
because the prosecution successfully argued that Waldberg could
not be granted the rights normally accorded to a journalist
because he is not a paid professional. Radio Dreyeckland, like
many other community radio stations, uses a network of volunteer
freelancers for its programming. According to the Turkish court's
decision, volunteer journalists do not have the rights normally
accorded to paid journalists.

An appeal of the decision will be heard within the next few
months. Radio Dreyeckland will be sending a delegation to Ankara
to witness the appeal and is hoping that international pressure
will help obtain Stephan Waldberg's freedom.


Action Requested

Radio Dreyeckland requests the following:

     * Fax or write the German Foreign Minister requesting that
     he actively intervene in the case to obtain the release of
     Stephan Waldberg:
                        Mr. Klaus Kinkel
                   Minister of Foreign Affairs
                        Auswaertiges Amt
                      Adenauerallee 99-103
                          D-5300 Bonn 1
                             Germany
                      Fax: +49-228-17 34 02

     * Fax or write the Turkish embassy in your country or region
     protesting the trial and demanding Waldberg's freedom.

     * Ask your own Foreign Ministry whether they guarantee the
     protection of volunteer freelance journalists.

     * Please send a copy of your faxes or letters to:

                        Radio Dreyeckland
                          Alderstr. 12
                          7800 Freiburg
                             Germany
                       Fax: +49-761-31 868

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From nyt at nyxfer.UUCP  Sun Feb 28 23:53:52 1993
From: nyt at nyxfer.UUCP (nyt at nyxfer.UUCP)
Date: 28 Feb 1993 23:53:52
Subject: POW Kurds,Journalist Wounded by Tur
Message-ID: <bac1c849.BH2PZB14w165w@nyxfer.uucp>

Subject: POW Kurds,Journalist Wounded by Turkish Army
From: nyxfer!nyt (NY Transfer News)

 
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
 
From: newsdesk at mit.hacktic.nl (Newsdesk Amsterdam)

PRESS-RELEASE

202 PRISONERS OF WAR AND A GERMAN JOURNALIST WOUNDED BY SOLDIERS IN THE
PRISON DIYARBAKIR, TURKISH KURDISTAN.

The Kurdisch Press-agency Kurd-ha reported on Feb. 12 that on Feb.4 and
Feb.9 in the prison from Diyarbakir, 202 prisoners of war were injured by
soldiers. Amongst them are 69 heavily injured. The german journalist Stephan
Waldberg, who is detained in this prison, was also heavily wounded.
In the dutch press there was no information about this "incident". There
apeared only a short message in the "NRC" (a so called quality paper here)
that because of recent escapes from prisoners, recent incidents in the
prison from Diyarbakir (without mentioning the number of wounded) Turky
applied for a subdidy from the EC from 78.000.000 dollars for making
their prisons more secure.(!)

When there's a need we have a list of 139 names of prioners who are wounded.

Newsdesk Amsterdam <16:31/102 at ECN.FNT> <newsdesk at mit.hacktic.nl>



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