A-Infos (en) TURKEY: News - No.04

[ralf@anarch.free.de (Ralf Landmesser)]

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Antimilitarist News
4 May 1998 - No. 04



DE FACTO LIFE SENTENCE TO OSMAN MURAT ULKE

Osman Murat \lke has been sentenced once more with the accusation of
"continuing disobedience in the military unit" on the 4th of May 1998.
This time he has been sentenced to 7 months. So, the total amount of
sentence is 38 months since he was arrested on the 6th of October 1996.
Today, he has been "released" again and sent back to the military unit. He is strictly faced with a vicious circle. He has performed one action: refusing to perform military service. But, because of that one action, he is sentenced again again and this 

means a de facto life sentence.
Please send solidarity messages to the following address:

1. Taktik Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanll:l
Askeri Cezaevi
Eskifehir


15th of MAY - INTERNATIONAL CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS' DAY

On the 15th of May,  zmir War Resisters' Association (ISKD) and Solidarity
Committee with Osman Murat \lke in  stanbul will be involved in several
activities. On the 9th of December 1997, Military Court of General Staff
accepted that "asking for the recognition of the right of conscientious
objection" is not a violation of Article 155 ("alienating people from
military") and is not a crime at all. The court declared that the right of
conscientious objection is adviced in the European Convention of Human
Rights which is also signed by Turkey. But, they also mention that the
Convention leaves the member states free to legislate the right or not.
Therefore, the court claims that "asking for the recognition of the right"
is not a crime, but "calling people to use the right" is. On the 15th of
May activities we will criticize this point of view that seperates the
right from its using. We will also call people to go into action on the
ground of asking the recognition of the right. We hope that the decision
of the court, might encourage some circles those seem sensitive to the CO
struggle but do not speak so much because of legal concerns.


ISKD
Communication Group
Tel: 0 - 232 - 464 24 92
Fax: 0 - 232 - 464 08 42
e-mail: osi@info-ist.comlink.de



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