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 <strong>de</strong> Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro <strong>de</strong> la Prensa-Baszn Öz<strong>et</strong>i<br />
ment in state maha links, is<br />
involved ..<br />
tHO official Sedat Aslanta~ "<br />
claimed the state was attemptmg to<br />
isolate them financially and bureaucratically,"<br />
adding that this had<br />
already caused them loss as they had<br />
rented halls and purchas~~ materials<br />
in anticipation of the tnumng project.<br />
"The Turkish Republic signed<br />
agreements in <strong>Paris</strong>, Vienna and<br />
Moscow giving us the right to cooperate<br />
on human rights projects, but<br />
the situation proves otherwise," tHO<br />
Chairman Akm Birdal claimed, saying<br />
that tHO would not profit by a<br />
penny from the project. .<br />
The circular is said to requlTe that<br />
banks receiving "aid" earmarked for<br />
human rights orgaruzations block the<br />
money, resulting in its r<strong>et</strong>urn to~e<br />
original source after 45 days. Article<br />
60 of the Turkish Law of<br />
Associations requires organizatio.ns<br />
to obtain the approval of the Intenor<br />
Ministry when receiving aid from<br />
real or legal persons or other organizations.<br />
tHO had successfully compl<strong>et</strong>ed<br />
three other projects before the<br />
circular was issued in cooperation<br />
with various European Union bodies<br />
Ṫhe human rights organizations<br />
said the money is "not aid," but a<br />
sum received 10 r<strong>et</strong>urn for a concr<strong>et</strong>e<br />
project. The situation has been<br />
explained to Ziraat Bank and <strong>de</strong>tails<br />
of the nature of the program provi<strong>de</strong>d.<br />
Officials have requested the lifting<br />
of the obstacles but have failed<br />
to g<strong>et</strong> any response. A period of 60<br />
days without receiving a reply from<br />
the ministry le~a11xmeans an<br />
"implied rejecuon ' to the request.<br />
That period has now passed and it is<br />
the 70th day with still no response.<br />
tHO has contacted the sen<strong>de</strong>r via the<br />
European Parliament' s Socialist<br />
Group lea<strong>de</strong>r Pauline Green, who<br />
assured the organization the money<br />
would be resent to Turkey if<br />
r<strong>et</strong>urned.<br />
The coordinator of the European<br />
Parliament's "Turkev Watch"<br />
Martin Schulz and the co-chairman<br />
of the Turkey-EU Joint<br />
Parliamentary Commission (JPC)<br />
Pi<strong>et</strong>er Oankert addressed this issue<br />
on Tuesday during their stay in<br />
Ankara for the JPC' s 40th me<strong>et</strong>ing<br />
which en<strong>de</strong>d on Wednesday.<br />
The European parliamentarians<br />
agreed that the issue could cause<br />
serious discussions within the<br />
European Parliament and the Human<br />
Rights Commission. possibly even<br />
leading to a diJ?lomauc row.<br />
A file contaming correspon<strong>de</strong>nce<br />
b<strong>et</strong>ween the Interior Ministry, the<br />
Foreign Ministry .and Ziraat Bank in<br />
Turkeyhas been given to Shulz in an<br />
attempt to release the bar on this and<br />
future projects. 'Dankert personally<br />
promised to look into tbe matter and<br />
l<strong>et</strong> the organization know his findings.<br />
If this doesn't happen, international<br />
bodies will have to search for<br />
other ways of transferring funds to<br />
Turkey for human rights projects.<br />
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• Menaces <strong>de</strong> l'Iran après le meurtre <strong>de</strong> Kur<strong>de</strong>s à Vienne,<br />
selon un haut fonctionnaire<br />
VIENNE, 18 avr (AFP) - L'Autriche a reçu <strong>de</strong>s menaces <strong>de</strong> l'Ira.n après<br />
l'assassinat <strong>de</strong> trois Kur<strong>de</strong>s à Vienne en 1989, selon l'ancien directeur<br />
<strong>de</strong> la section politique au ministère autrichien <strong>de</strong>s Affaires étrangères,<br />
Erich Maximilian Schmid.<br />
Après le meurtre <strong>de</strong>s trois Kur<strong>de</strong>s, l'ambassa<strong>de</strong>ur iranien avait déclaré<br />
au ministère autrichien <strong>de</strong>s Affaires étrangères que "cela pourrait être<br />
dangereux pour les Autrichiens en Iran" si les suspects iraniens étaient<br />
conduits <strong>de</strong>vant la justice en Autriche, a indiqué M. Schmid dans une<br />
interview télévisée jeudi soir.<br />
Le 13 juill<strong>et</strong> 1989 le secrétaire général du Parti Démocratique du<br />
Kurdistan Iranien (PDKI), Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, l'un <strong>de</strong> ses<br />
adjoints, Abdullah Gha<strong>de</strong>ri-Azar, <strong>et</strong> le politologue Fa<strong>de</strong>l Rasoul,<br />
d'origine kur<strong>de</strong> irakienne <strong>et</strong> <strong>de</strong> nationalité autrichienne, avaient été<br />
assassinés par balles dans un appartement <strong>de</strong> Vienne.<br />
La police, alertée par l'épouse <strong>de</strong> l'une <strong>de</strong>s victimes, s'était rendue sur<br />
place mais n'avait pas procédé à l'arrestation <strong>de</strong> -trois hommes porteurs<br />
<strong>de</strong> passeports iraniens rencontrés sur les lieux <strong>et</strong> soupçonnés d'être les<br />
auteurs <strong>de</strong> l'attentat.<br />
Un mandat d'arrêt international n'avait été lancé que plusieurs mois<br />
plus tard contre ces trois hommes, qui ont pu quitter l'Autriche après<br />
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