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Huda Kaya, her 3
Daughters
& and the Malatya
50 face executions
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Huda Kaya (right) and her three daughters (ages 16-19),
Nurcihan Saatcioglu, Gulan Intisar Saatcioglu &
Nurilhaq Saatcioglu
all facing death penalty.
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| Huda KAYA, her three daughters aged between 16 and 19 years, and fifty
others face the death penalty if found guilty of treason at their trials
which start next Monday 21st June 1999. Twenty others are also charged,
with the prosecutor requesting 5 - 22 year sentences for all.
They were all charged after Turkish Security Forces charged a demonstration
in Malatya last October, which was protesting against the Hijab ban in
Ynonu University. Evidence for these acts of treason include calling out
slogans for freedom, reciting poetry, visiting Iran and attending Friday
Prayers whilst there, choice of reading material and other spurious charges.
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How can you help ?
We request you to contact the Turkish ambassador
in your country asking for the immediate release of all prisoners and the
dropping of all charges against them. Sample letters are provided below.
Please do not delay, the trial starts next Monday.
Turkish
Ambassador
USA
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
1714 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 659 0742
Fax: (202) 659 0744
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UK
Ozdem Sanberk
Ambassador;
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
43 Belgrave Square
London SW1X 8PA
Tel: 0171 3930202
Fax: 0171 3930066 |
| Dear Sir,
Re: Huda KAYA and the other Malatya detainees
I write with reference to the above.
I trust you are aware of the terrible travesty regarding the above. Ms.
Kaya, her daughters and some fifty others face execution for simply asking
for their rights to education and liberty in Turkey at a demonstration
in Malatya some months back. Detainees as young as 15 years old are charged
with treason and face execution. The trials of Ms. Kaya and others will
start on 21st June.
I demand that all charges be dropped and these prisoners of faith be
released forthwith. Your failure to respect their human rights, will only
serve to increase the boycott of all free-minded people of Turkish services
and products, and will encourage us to lobby for your exclusion from Europe.
Yours faithfully,
[Your signature]
[Your name]
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UK
Foreign Secretary
Robin Cook MP
Foreign Secretary
FCO
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Fax: 0171 270 3539
email: labour-party@geo2.poptel.org.uk |
| Dear Sir,
Re: Huda KAYA and the other Malatya detainees
I write with reference to the above.
I trust you are aware of the terrible travesty regarding the above. Ms.
Kaya, her daughters and some fifty others face execution for simply asking
for their rights to education and liberty in Turkey at a demonstration
in Malatya some months back. Detainees as young as 15 years old are charged
with treason and face execution. The trials of Ms. Kaya and others will
start on 21st June.
I urgently request your office's intervention to ensure their unconditional
release.
Yours faithfully,
[Your signature]
[Your name]
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