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The Issue
The strike organized in defense of the right to mother tongue and lifting solitary confinement from Mr.Öcalan , has now entered a critical stage, threatening adverse effects on the health of strikers.
H.E. BAN-KI-MOON
Secretary-General
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
NEW YORK, NY 10017, USA
1 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017-3515
Oct 27, 2012
Re: The Kurdish political Prisoners on Strike in Turkey
Dear Mr. Secretary General:
We the undersigned express our deepest concern for the health of hundreds of Kurdish prisoners, currently on hunger strike in Turkish prisons.The hunger strike that was begun on Sept 12,2012 by 63 prisoners , has now reached 600 according to the CNN's latest report. . Medical experts have raised alarm over the prisoners’ precarious vulnerability to damaging and life endangering effects of the long strike, now entering its 44th day and for others its 53th day. We understand that the ongoing hunger strike is a desperate act on the part of prisoners to bring to the attention of the world community the intolerable human rights violations and discriminations against Kurds in Turkey. However, the prisoners’ demands are primarily the right to the mother tongue and freeing Mr.Öcalan from punitive solitary confinement. The Turkish government has thus far adamantly refused to consider these demands in violation of international conventions to which it is a signatory.
As the prisoners on strike enter a critical stage, we urge the Turkish government and international community to find a peaceful solution to end the plight of these prisoners whom we call upon not to undertake measures that would endanger their own lives. We call upon the international community to demand accountability of the Turkish governments’ treatment of these prisoners. It behooves the Turkish government to enter a meaningful dialogue with the prisoners to address their demands before the incident turns into a human tragedy in which Turkey will be directly implicated.
Cordially
Dr.Amir Sharifi,
The Kurdish Human Rights Advocacy Group
The Issue
The strike organized in defense of the right to mother tongue and lifting solitary confinement from Mr.Öcalan , has now entered a critical stage, threatening adverse effects on the health of strikers.
H.E. BAN-KI-MOON
Secretary-General
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
NEW YORK, NY 10017, USA
1 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017-3515
Oct 27, 2012
Re: The Kurdish political Prisoners on Strike in Turkey
Dear Mr. Secretary General:
We the undersigned express our deepest concern for the health of hundreds of Kurdish prisoners, currently on hunger strike in Turkish prisons.The hunger strike that was begun on Sept 12,2012 by 63 prisoners , has now reached 600 according to the CNN's latest report. . Medical experts have raised alarm over the prisoners’ precarious vulnerability to damaging and life endangering effects of the long strike, now entering its 44th day and for others its 53th day. We understand that the ongoing hunger strike is a desperate act on the part of prisoners to bring to the attention of the world community the intolerable human rights violations and discriminations against Kurds in Turkey. However, the prisoners’ demands are primarily the right to the mother tongue and freeing Mr.Öcalan from punitive solitary confinement. The Turkish government has thus far adamantly refused to consider these demands in violation of international conventions to which it is a signatory.
As the prisoners on strike enter a critical stage, we urge the Turkish government and international community to find a peaceful solution to end the plight of these prisoners whom we call upon not to undertake measures that would endanger their own lives. We call upon the international community to demand accountability of the Turkish governments’ treatment of these prisoners. It behooves the Turkish government to enter a meaningful dialogue with the prisoners to address their demands before the incident turns into a human tragedy in which Turkey will be directly implicated.
Cordially
Dr.Amir Sharifi,
The Kurdish Human Rights Advocacy Group
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Petition created on October 26, 2012