dhkc wrote:
>
> URGENT ACTION REQUIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Özgür
>
> TAYAD
>
> (Association for the Families of Prisoners in Turkey)
>
> July 26, 2000 No: 67
>
>
>
> ATTACK IN BERGAMA PRISON (TURKEY)
>
> Yesterday afternoon the Bergama Prison Administration wanted to carry
> out a search of the political prisoners? wards on the pretext that
> ?there is a tunnel?. Previously prison guards had carried out searches
> but this time there were soldiers. A court case had opened concerning
> the photographs of the prisoners in Burdur whose bodies show traces of
> torture, and the continual threats directed towards prisoners caused
> the prisoners to expect an attack.
>
> The Prison Prosecutor at the Izmir Bar said in an interview: ?The
> politicals accept searches under certain conditions. It is not
> possible for us to accept conditions. We will wait until morning. If a
> search is not carried out it will be necessary for something to be
> done,? thus showing that a massacre of the political prisoners in
> Bergama Prison was planned. At the moment there are soldiers,
> bulldozers, fire brigade vehicles and ambulances in front of the
> prison. The demands of families, friends and lawyers of the prisoners
> to see the prisoners have been refused, also the state security forces
> are deliberately using their sirens all through the night and all
> morning as a way of causing suffering to the relatives who are waiting
> in front of the prison gates.The reason for this is also to drown out
> the noise of the massacre. According to the latest information we
> received this morning at 0840, gunshots were hearnd and the roof of
> the prison has been pierced with holes. Also all the roads leading to
> the prison were blocked and the relatives of the prisoners were not
> allowed to come closer to the prison.
>
> The Prison Prosecutor is telling lies. We are asking: during the whole
> time the prison wardens carried out searches, why was it now necessary
> for soldiers to carry out the searches? Why are bulldozers, ambulances
> and fire engines kept in readiness in front of the prison? As you know
> we are familiar with such scenes. We witnessed the same scenario
> yesterday in Ulucanlar and Burdur. Are they now trying to convert
> Bergama into another Ulucanlar or Burdur?
>
> July 26, 2000 No 68
>
> ATTACK ON BERGAMA PRISON? LATEST
>
> This morning at 0705, as happened in Burdur Prison, hundreds of
> soldiers and police started an attack against the prisoners using
> bulldozers and gas bombs.
>
> At 1000, the walls of four dormitories were completely smashed by
> bulldozers. The captives retreated to another and continued to resist
> to defend themselves against torture and massacre.
>
> This attack has been planned step by step. Most recently, when the
> photographs of the captives from Burdur Prison who had been subjected
> to torture were published in the press, the Bergama Prison Governor
> Nedim Elbistan threatened the captives, ?I will skewer you and turn
> this place into Ulucanlar.?
>
> The savagery in Ulucanlar has still not been forgotten, and the entire
> world has noticed what was done to our children in Burdur Prison. The
> operation to massacre and torture, which was initiated in Bergama
> Prison, must immediately be halted.
>
> We call upon all those who are against torture to mobilise to stop the
> attack in Bergama.
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>
> URGENT ACTION REQUIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Özgür
>
> TAYAD
>
> (Association for the Families of Prisoners in Turkey)
>
> July 26, 2000 No: 67
>
>
>
> ATTACK IN BERGAMA PRISON (TURKEY)
>
> Yesterday afternoon the Bergama Prison Administration wanted to carry
> out a search of the political prisoners? wards on the pretext that
> ?there is a tunnel?. Previously prison guards had carried out searches
> but this time there were soldiers. A court case had opened concerning
> the photographs of the prisoners in Burdur whose bodies show traces of
> torture, and the continual threats directed towards prisoners caused
> the prisoners to expect an attack.
>
> The Prison Prosecutor at the Izmir Bar said in an interview: ?The
> politicals accept searches under certain conditions. It is not
> possible for us to accept conditions. We will wait until morning. If a
> search is not carried out it will be necessary for something to be
> done,? thus showing that a massacre of the political prisoners in
> Bergama Prison was planned. At the moment there are soldiers,
> bulldozers, fire brigade vehicles and ambulances in front of the
> prison. The demands of families, friends and lawyers of the prisoners
> to see the prisoners have been refused, also the state security forces
> are deliberately using their sirens all through the night and all
> morning as a way of causing suffering to the relatives who are waiting
> in front of the prison gates.The reason for this is also to drown out
> the noise of the massacre. According to the latest information we
> received this morning at 0840, gunshots were hearnd and the roof of
> the prison has been pierced with holes. Also all the roads leading to
> the prison were blocked and the relatives of the prisoners were not
> allowed to come closer to the prison.
>
> The Prison Prosecutor is telling lies. We are asking: during the whole
> time the prison wardens carried out searches, why was it now necessary
> for soldiers to carry out the searches? Why are bulldozers, ambulances
> and fire engines kept in readiness in front of the prison? As you know
> we are familiar with such scenes. We witnessed the same scenario
> yesterday in Ulucanlar and Burdur. Are they now trying to convert
> Bergama into another Ulucanlar or Burdur?
>
> July 26, 2000 No 68
>
> ATTACK ON BERGAMA PRISON? LATEST
>
> This morning at 0705, as happened in Burdur Prison, hundreds of
> soldiers and police started an attack against the prisoners using
> bulldozers and gas bombs.
>
> At 1000, the walls of four dormitories were completely smashed by
> bulldozers. The captives retreated to another and continued to resist
> to defend themselves against torture and massacre.
>
> This attack has been planned step by step. Most recently, when the
> photographs of the captives from Burdur Prison who had been subjected
> to torture were published in the press, the Bergama Prison Governor
> Nedim Elbistan threatened the captives, ?I will skewer you and turn
> this place into Ulucanlar.?
>
> The savagery in Ulucanlar has still not been forgotten, and the entire
> world has noticed what was done to our children in Burdur Prison. The
> operation to massacre and torture, which was initiated in Bergama
> Prison, must immediately be halted.
>
> We call upon all those who are against torture to mobilise to stop the
> attack in Bergama.
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--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
e-mail: crj@... - URL: http://marx2001.org/crj
http://www.egroups.com/group/crj-mailinglist/
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