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Spiegel's covei story is "anawful one,"
Roth's question io Çi11er was discussed
and thatusing the statistics is misleading,
among European parliamentarians who
adding, "Since these laws are for foreigners,
it is only the foreigners who can
well a~ by Turkish parliamentarians.
thought "Roth always exaggerates," as
break them."
The dissident Health Minister from
But Roth also criticized Turkish politi.
the True Path Party (DYP), Yidirim
cians, especially lntenor Minister Meral
Aktuna, told reporters, "Everyone should
Ak~ener, who compared the Krefeld
mind his own country's affairs. It's not a
arson attack with the Holocaust and drew
German parliamentarian' s business, but
criticism for using the word "Armenian"
we should pull ourselves together. Thus
as if it were a curse. Although Ak~ener
was a foreigner able to appear and criticize
us like this, but it is not her place to
'retracted her words, the effects J:'emained.
Roth's report accepted by the Turkey.
do that."
EU JPC on Wednesday foresees abolishing
the visa requirement for Turkish busi-
Mümtaz Soysal said that Çi11er should
Democratic Left Party (DSP) Deputy
nessmen and children under 16 years of
have answered the words more firmly,
age, a law denounced as a "baby visa" by
and that her response was vague. A
its critics.
female deputy from the DSP, Birgen
Roth dismissed religion and culture as
Kele~. said it was against the Republic's
criteria and said that those who did so
laws to have three wives and that she was
"should shut up" and shouldn't disturb
also against this, but that this meeting
the critical dialogue. Roth added that the
was neither the time nor the place to
positive announcement in the Dutch city
voice such opinions.
of Apeldoorn had been made to cover-up
The secretary-general of the
the Turkish reaction to earlier announcements.
Adnan Keskin, said he didn't take Roth's
Republican People's Party (CHP),
Roth ended the interview by joking
words as interfering with Turkey's internal
affairs, and noted that, "Matters of
that she would have to seek asylum in
Turkey because of her words.
human rights are no longer problems of
specific countries, but of all nations in
Turkish re.ctlon to the world. I evaluated what Roth said in
Roth's fetel question
that light."
iHD announces March HR re ort
Ankara. Turkish Dailv News
• HU?1an Rights Ass~i~tio~ (tHD) ~ecretary-General Abuses continue ;n l'apnh
Ka~ll Ate~ogullan said md1V1duals10 Turkey felt JI lrJj, '"
enmity towards each other and the state.
Speaking at the monthly tHD press conference to
announce the report on the March summary of human
rights abuses, Ate~ogullan stressed that Turkey was
l?sing. its reputation for reliability in foreign countries
slOce It was not fulfilling its responsibilities based on
international agreements.
He said respecting human rights and democratization
were not matters concerning the law as much as
education and culture.
Referring to the controversial eight-year mandatory
education system, the IHD secretary-general said it
was not the quantity but the quality of education which
mattered. "Instead of discusslDg how many years primary
education should be, children should be taught
the universal aspects of human rights," said
Ate~ogullan.
He noted that prison conditions were poor and that
inmates' lives were under threat when they should be
under state protection in prisons. Hunger strikes were
going on in Erzurum, Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Yozgat
and Iskenderun prisons to protest poor conditions,
noted Ate~o#ullan. "Twenty inmates' health is in very
bad condition in Erzurum prison. Even if one person
dies, the blame will be on Justice Minister Sevket
Kazan," he said.
The tHD would also be closely watchin~ illegal
organizations exposed by the Susurluk aCCident, he
said, noting that the Susurluk Commission's report did
not satisfy the public. He said the Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) was holding one soldier and many village
guards hostage and that the best solution Wl'lS for both
Thefollowing statistics were takenfrom lHD's
March report on human rights abuses
• Eight people died in unsolved murders.
• Seven people lost their lives through execution
withouttriaJ.. after torture or while in custody.
• 168 people died in armed clashes.
• Attacks on civilians left 12 dead and six injured.
•. 11 people "disappeared" while in custody.
.48 people were tortured or claimed to have been
tortured. .
.2910 people were taken into custody, 41ofwhom
were frOm the press.
.100 people were arrested.
• Fouivillagesand hamlets wereevacuated.
.tO locations were bombed.
'
.Sii'associatioDS, trade unions and press agencies
were dosaI.
.Eightassociations, trade unions and press agencies
..ue. raided.
.'26fJUbJications were confiScated., .
ISO prisoners of conscience
~A.r~,Sf~
.~~baveâPPn>vedofprison terms ex~g
12yean;andfinCStotaling TI.. 16,548,000. ,.,..••••••.
sides to exchange the people they held. Secretary-
General Ate~o#ullan stated that further activities
would be carried out for the Freedom for tsmail
and Thought campaign which began March 6,
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