International campaign for Hatip Dicle launched
International campaign for Hatip Dicle launched
A declaration of solidarity with Hatip Dicle has been launched by a number of deputies from the German Die Linke party. European MP Jürgen Klute together with deputies Ingrid Remmers, Harald Weinberg, Andrej Hunko, Bärbel Beuermann (all from Die Linke) are among the first signatories.
The declaration can be read and signed at:
http://www.solidarity-dicle.blogspot.com/
The declaration states among other things that "Hatip Dicle is, like all politicians of the electoral block for Labour, Democracy and Freedom, fully committed to the continuous work for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish question and the democratisation of Turkey. Therefore we are convinced that the recognition of his mandate and the recognition of the democratic will of the Kurdish population, are necessary steps in the direction of the democratisation as well as the stabilisation of the country".
Reminding that Hatip Dicle was elected by 77,709 voters for the Turkish National Assembly as an independent candidate in Diyarbakir, the declaration said that "the Supreme Electoral Board (YSK) of Turkey revoked Hatip Dicle‘s mandate on Tuesday 21st June 2011. Citizens who are imprisoned also enjoy the right to exercise their vote in Turkey - and they achieve immunity in case of being elected".
The politician served a 10-year prison sentence for the reason of speaking Kurdish in the Turkish Parliament in the 1990s, together with Leyla Zana. In 2009 Hatip Dicle was arrested once again within the scope of the KCK case on account of juridically untenable allegations. Just before the election the YSK excluded him from standing as a candidate, but nevertheless, accredited his candidature following mass popular protests.
The signatories said to be "convinced that, for the solution of the Kurdish question to be achieved the following are necessary:- a recognition of the democratic will of the population, a political dialogue with the BDP and the members of the electoral block for Labour, Democracy and Freedom and the ending of the repressions against politically active Kurds and the leftwing opposition in Turkey, an immediate bilateral ceasefire, as well as dialogue between the government and all political actors involved in the conflict, including Abdullah Öcalan and the PKK".
In this context, the signatories expect "the YSK – and other responsible bodies - to take a decision in accordance with human rights and democratic aims and the approve the mandate of Hatip Dicle".
The declaration can be read and signed at:
http://www.solidarity-dicle.blogspot.com/
The declaration states among other things that "Hatip Dicle is, like all politicians of the electoral block for Labour, Democracy and Freedom, fully committed to the continuous work for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish question and the democratisation of Turkey. Therefore we are convinced that the recognition of his mandate and the recognition of the democratic will of the Kurdish population, are necessary steps in the direction of the democratisation as well as the stabilisation of the country".
Reminding that Hatip Dicle was elected by 77,709 voters for the Turkish National Assembly as an independent candidate in Diyarbakir, the declaration said that "the Supreme Electoral Board (YSK) of Turkey revoked Hatip Dicle‘s mandate on Tuesday 21st June 2011. Citizens who are imprisoned also enjoy the right to exercise their vote in Turkey - and they achieve immunity in case of being elected".
The politician served a 10-year prison sentence for the reason of speaking Kurdish in the Turkish Parliament in the 1990s, together with Leyla Zana. In 2009 Hatip Dicle was arrested once again within the scope of the KCK case on account of juridically untenable allegations. Just before the election the YSK excluded him from standing as a candidate, but nevertheless, accredited his candidature following mass popular protests.
The signatories said to be "convinced that, for the solution of the Kurdish question to be achieved the following are necessary:- a recognition of the democratic will of the population, a political dialogue with the BDP and the members of the electoral block for Labour, Democracy and Freedom and the ending of the repressions against politically active Kurds and the leftwing opposition in Turkey, an immediate bilateral ceasefire, as well as dialogue between the government and all political actors involved in the conflict, including Abdullah Öcalan and the PKK".
In this context, the signatories expect "the YSK – and other responsible bodies - to take a decision in accordance with human rights and democratic aims and the approve the mandate of Hatip Dicle".
