Kurdish Politician Alınak May End Up In Prison Again
BIA 19.11.2008-Alınak, who is known for calling people to civil disobedience when he was the provincial head of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Kars, will face the possibility of prison twice in five months. He is accused of praising crime and provoking people not to obey the laws.
Public Meeting Defend democracy in Turkey- Don’t ban the DTP
Hosted by Lord Rea -Focus of this meeting will be on Turkey’s threatened ban of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and obstacles to a political resolution of the Kurdish conflict. Wednesday, 19 November, 6.30pm Committee Room 3a, House of Lords, Westminster, SW1, Speakers include; Serafettin Halis DTP MP for Dersim, Bill Bowring, Professor of Law, Birkbeck College , Alex Fitch, Peace in Kurdistan Campaign, Lord Hylton (invited)
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The Parliament Does Not Investigate The Political Murders
Erol Onderoglu Ahmet Ersin, a member of the Human Rights Commission of the Parliament (TBMM), says the investigations about the Hrant Dink murder, the Priest Santoro murder, the massacre of the three Protestants in Malatya are restricted to catching those who pulled the trigger, but not exposing those who are behind them.
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Altan Tan: Kurds’ love affair with AK Party ending
Yonca Poyraz Dogan TZ 17.11.2008-Kurdish intellectual and writer Altan Tan has said that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is not the same AK Party that the Kurds fell in love with and that sooner or later there will be alternatives to it.“The AK Party takes its strength from the lack of viable alternatives; however, this cannot last forever,” Tan said. “The AK Party may save the day for the March 2009 local elections, but after that the public will create its own alternatives. A party that holds on to the status quo cannot retain its power in Turkey.”
Submitted by Tsiatsan on Tuesday, November 18 2008
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