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BESTE GR=DCSSE VON HANS BRANSCHEIDT
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Von: Ilkka Jaakkola <ilkka.jaakkola at kolumbus.fi>
An: Harawazi s=E4hk=F6postilista <harawazi-l at utu.fi>
Datum: Dienstag, 2. M=E4rz 1999 09:29
Betreff: 1-3-99-Reu-lawyer-say-apo-tortured

Ocalan Lawyer Says Ocalan had been tortured.=20
 Reuters=20
01-MAR-99=20
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Lawyers for jailed Kurdish guerrilla chief Abdullah =
Ocalan said=20
Monday they intend to turn his trial into an inquiry into Turkey's =
14-year-old fight against=20
the rebels.=20

Since seizing its most wanted man, Turkey has come under international =
pressure to=20
ensure Ocalan gets a fair trial, a right his defense team says has =
already been violated.=20

"This case should be turned into one where the war is judged and that is =
what we are=20
going to do," Ocalan lawyer Eren Keskin told Reuters in an interview.=20

Some 29,000 people have been killed since Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers =
Party (PKK)=20
took up arms for Kurdish self-rule in 1984.=20

Ankara holds Ocalan responsible for those deaths and has charged the =
portly 51-year-old=20
with treason -- a crime which carries the death penalty.=20

"Ocalan did not kill 30,000 people, nor give the order for them to be =
killed.=20
There is a war and it is the war that needs to be judged," Keskin said =
in her dowdy=20
downtown Ankara office.=20

 Turkey accuses the PKK of conducting a bloody "terrorist" campaign =
financed by=20
extortion and drug smuggling.=20

Rights activists say Turkey's armed forces have carried out a "dirty =
war" against the PKK,=20
burning and emptying villages to deprive the organization of logistic =
support -- a charge=20
Ankara denies.=20

"War itself is a violation of human rights. Ocalan has violated human =
rights in this war.=20
But the Turkish state has done so even more," said Keskin.=20

Another of Ocalan's lawyers accused Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit =
Monday of=20
obstructing a fair trial by failing to provide security for the defense =
team.=20

Two of the lawyers who traveled to the prison island last week to see =
their client for the=20
first time 10 days after his arrest were met by angry protests on the =
quayside.=20

They said the meeting was curtailed after 20 minutes and held in the =
presence of a public=20
prosecutor and two masked men.=20

"One of the masked men stood behind Ocalan looking at the lawyers and =
another stood=20
behind them staring at Ocalan," said Keskin. "This is unacceptable =
intimidation."=20

Keskin, a glamorous 40-year-old with long dark hair and bright red =
lipstick, said she had=20
received death threats.=20

"As soon as I say anything, I am held up as a target by the press," she =
said. "It is not safe=20
for us."=20

Keskin said the constant reference to Ocalan in Turkish media as "the =
head terrorist," or=20
"the killer of 30,000" prejudiced the trial and was against Turkish law. =

She said television footage of the rebel chief paraded in front of =
cameras blindfolded and=20
flanked by masked men showed Ocalan had been tortured.=20

"He has been given drugs against his will and is constantly blindfolded =
... Torture isn't=20
just electric shocks and beatings."=20

Ecevit has promised the trial will be fair, but has turned down requests =
by the Council of=20
Europe and European Union representatives to observe the proceedings.=20

A Norwegian MP said Turkey had agreed to let delegates from Norway =
attend hearings=20
and Ecevit announced a package of aid to the ailing southeast to =
undercut PKK support.=20

Despite such efforts to assure the outside world of Turkey's good =
intentions, Keskin said=20
she believed Ocalan would face the gallows at the end of his trial even =
though no one has=20
been executed in Turkey since 1984.=20

"He will definitely receive the death penalty and the parliament and =
president will=20
probably approve it."=20
**********************=20
Click Back To Return To Headlines News=20

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Dienstag, 2. März 1999 09:29 Betreff:=20
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<DIV> </DIV>Ocalan Lawyer Says Ocalan had =
been=20
tortured.  Reuters 01-MAR-99=20
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Lawyers for jailed Kurdish guerrilla chief =
Abdullah=20
Ocalan said Monday they intend to turn his trial into an inquiry =
into=20
Turkey's 14-year-old fight against the rebels.=20
Since seizing its most wanted man, Turkey has come under =
international=20
pressure to ensure Ocalan gets a fair trial, a right his defense =
team says=20
has already been violated.=20
"This case should be turned into one where the war is judged and =
that is=20
what we are going to do," Ocalan lawyer Eren Keskin told =
Reuters in an=20
interview.=20
Some 29,000 people have been killed since Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers =
Party=20
(PKK) took up arms for Kurdish self-rule in 1984.=20
Ankara holds Ocalan responsible for those deaths and has charged the =
portly=20
51-year-old with treason -- a crime which carries the death penalty. =

"Ocalan did not kill 30,000 people, nor give the order for them =
to be=20
killed. There is a war and it is the war that needs to be =
judged,"=20
Keskin said in her dowdy downtown Ankara office.=20
 Turkey accuses the PKK of conducting a bloody =
"terrorist"=20
campaign financed by extortion and drug smuggling.=20
Rights activists say Turkey's armed forces have carried out a =
"dirty=20
war" against the PKK, burning and emptying villages to deprive =
the=20
organization of logistic support -- a charge Ankara denies.=20
"War itself is a violation of human rights. Ocalan has violated =
human=20
rights in this war. But the Turkish state has done so even =
more," said=20
Keskin.=20
Another of Ocalan's lawyers accused Turkish Prime Minister Bulent =
Ecevit=20
Monday of obstructing a fair trial by failing to provide security =
for the=20
defense team.=20
Two of the lawyers who traveled to the prison island last week to see =
their=20
client for the first time 10 days after his arrest were met by angry =

protests on the quayside.=20
They said the meeting was curtailed after 20 minutes and held in the =
presence=20
of a public prosecutor and two masked men.=20
"One of the masked men stood behind Ocalan looking at the =
lawyers and=20
another stood behind them staring at Ocalan," said Keskin. =
"This=20
is unacceptable intimidation."=20
Keskin, a glamorous 40-year-old with long dark hair and bright red =
lipstick,=20
said she had received death threats.=20
"As soon as I say anything, I am held up as a target by the =
press,"=20
she said. "It is not safe for us."=20
Keskin said the constant reference to Ocalan in Turkish media as =
"the=20
head terrorist," or "the killer of 30,000" prejudiced =
the=20
trial and was against Turkish law.=20
She said television footage of the rebel chief paraded in front of =
cameras=20
blindfolded and flanked by masked men showed Ocalan had been =
tortured.=20
"He has been given drugs against his will and is constantly =
blindfolded=20
... Torture isn't just electric shocks and beatings."=20
Ecevit has promised the trial will be fair, but has turned down =
requests by=20
the Council of Europe and European Union representatives to observe =
the=20
proceedings.=20
A Norwegian MP said Turkey had agreed to let delegates from Norway =
attend=20
hearings and Ecevit announced a package of aid to the ailing =
southeast to=20
undercut PKK support.=20
Despite such efforts to assure the outside world of Turkey's good =
intentions,=20
Keskin said she believed Ocalan would face the gallows at the end of =
his=20
trial even though no one has been executed in Turkey since 1984.=20
"He will definitely receive the death penalty and the parliament =
and=20
president will probably approve it." ********************** =

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