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Nuriye Kesbir under threat of extradition to Turkey
We hear with dismay that a leading Kurdish
activist is now facing torture if sent back to Turkey following an
extradition
ruling in The Netherlands.
The highest court in The Hague on 7 May
upheld an extradition request against the prominent Kurdish political
figure,
women´s activist and vice chair of KONGRA-GEL (People´s
Congress of Kurdistan),
Nuriye Kesbir.
The Dutch decision came in the wake of the
recent ban on KONGRA-GEL as an alleged terrorist organisation by the
European
Union. Such actions which amount to the criminalisation of the Kurdish
community in Europe are wholly unjustified and can only prevent the
search for
a political solution to the Kurdish question.
In taking its decision, the court ignored
Nuriye Kesbir?s fears of torture and that she will never get a fair
trial in
Turkey. Given Turkey?s continuing record, her fears are well grounded
and in
such circumstances her deportation would mean flouting international
human
rights law.
Her fate is now in the hands of the Dutch
Justice Minister who will decide whether she should be sent back to
Turkey.
Before taking his final decision, the
Minister should be aware of the fact that the legal reforms adopted by
Turkey
within the framework of the European Union accession package have not
yet made
any substantial material difference to the treatment of Kurdish
activists.
Women in particular continue to be
vulnerable to torture and inhuman treatment inside Turkish prisons as
is well
documented by human rights observers inside the country. Indeed, hardly
a day
goes by without news of another case of human rights abuses coming to
light.
We appeal to the Dutch Justice Minister to
act to block this deportation. Nuriye Kesbir should not be sent back to
Turkey.
She should be permitted to stay in The Netherlands where she has
resided since
September 2001 and her claim for political asylum should be granted.
What you can do:
Please send emails/faxs/letters of protest
to the Netherlands, Minister for Justice Piet Hein Donner, model letter
attached, copy amend/write your own version. If you have time you can
amend the
letter and send to the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for
Foreign
Affairs. Address for all three are below. Please send a copy to the
Interantional Human Rights Association Bremen, Fax: +49 421 498 72 76,
e-mail: imrv@humanrights.de.
Ministry for Justice
Minister Piet Hein Donner
Schedeldoekshaven 100
Postbus 20301
2500 EH Den Haag
Telefon: +31 70 3707911
Fax: +31 70 3707900
email voorlichting@minjus.nl
Ministry of the Interior
Minister Johan Remkes
Schedeldoekshaven 200
2511 EZ The Hague
The Netherlands
Correspondence address:
P.O. Box 20011
2500 EA The Hague
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 70 426 63 02
Fax: +31 70 363
91 53
Email info@minbzk.nl
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (dis isleri
bakani)
Minister Bernard Rudolf
Bot
Bezuidenhoutseweg 67
Postbus 20061
2500 EB Den Haag
Telefon: +31 70 3486486
Fax: +31 70 3484848
dpz@minbuza.nl
For more information:
Kurdistan Solidarity Committee & Peace
in Kurdistan Campaign
44 Ainger Road
London NW3 3AT
knklondon@gn.apc.org
020 7250 1315 or 020 7586 5892
Source: NCADC News Service
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