Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE,PRESS REVIEW,BERHE\,OKA ÇAPÊ.RIVISTA STAMPA.DENTRO DE LA PRENSA,BASIN OZETi<br />
stance of the Turkish government and its<br />
security forces.<br />
"Governments such as those of Iraq<br />
and Myanmar make no attempt to hi~e<br />
their brutality. Others, for example IndIa<br />
or Turkey, pay lip-service t.o human<br />
rights on the one hand but kill on the<br />
other, relying on. cover-ups or blatant<br />
lies," this report said. .<br />
In the 12 page action manual.o.n<br />
Turkey, Amnesty noted th~t PKK acllvlties<br />
in the Southeast were matched by a<br />
high level of military ac!ivity" and that<br />
some killings in the regIOn could haye<br />
been carried out "by a.ny of the secunty<br />
. force units, such as plamclothes mem~rs<br />
of the Anti-Terror Branch, the Spe~lal<br />
Teams, the village guards, or a c0'!1bmation<br />
of elements from the t~ree, act~ng on<br />
their own initiative but wl.th passive or<br />
active collusion of other parts ?f !he la~<br />
and or<strong>de</strong>r system." ~mnesty Said m.vesllgations<br />
were not belOg conducted 10 the<br />
necessary way with regard to human<br />
rights violation claims and that lawyers<br />
themselves were un<strong>de</strong>r pressure - many<br />
receiving <strong>de</strong>ath threats: .<br />
"While the prosecullon servIce appe~<br />
to regard combaning separatism aS.lts pomary<br />
task," it ad<strong>de</strong>d, "movement IS slow<br />
on cases of mysterious <strong>de</strong>aths ?f .allege.d<br />
separatists." Another obstacle 10 Invesllgations,<br />
s~i~ the report, .was the personal<br />
risk for CIVIl servants 10 the Southeast<br />
from the armed oppos~tion. "~ec,u~ity<br />
consi<strong>de</strong>rations throw pohce and JudICIaI)'<br />
tog<strong>et</strong>her in their<br />
professionallives,"<br />
SOCIal as wei! as thm<br />
the report saId.<br />
The Amnesty report, prepared ~efore<br />
the recent PKK ban on the press, said the<br />
harassment and killing of journalists and<br />
Turkish Human Rights Ass~iatio,n m~mbers<br />
threatened to result In a SItuatIOn<br />
where human rights violations will<br />
increasingly go unreported.<br />
It pointed out that journalists and local<br />
correspon<strong>de</strong>nts working for n~wspapers<br />
and m.~gazines like the KurdIsh-owned<br />
daily Ozgür Gün<strong>de</strong>m (Free Agenda) an~<br />
its sister publication, the weekly Yem<br />
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