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KHRP Marks Day of the Imprisoned Writer |
On ‘The Day of the Imprisoned Writer’, organised by the ‘Writers in Prison Committee’ of International PEN, KHRP wishes to draw attention to the plight of writers in the Kurdish regions who continue to be imprisoned, tortured, killed and intimidated.
Despite amendments to the notorious Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code earlier this year, writers in Turkey still work in a hostile environment. Later this month Baris Pehlivan and Nurettin Yilmaz will face trial in connection with a television program that Pehlivan produced which discussed Witness of the Recent Past, the former Kurdish politician Yilmaz’s account of his imprisonment and torture between 1980 and 1984. If convicted of ‘inciting hatred and hostility’, each could face up to four and a half years in prison.
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KHRP Board of Patrons Member Barred from Turkey |
KHRP regrets that Jon Rud, a Norwegian human rights lawyer and member of the organisation’s Board of Patrons, was refused entry into Turkey on 7 November and told that he will never be allowed to visit.
Mr Rud is the former Chairman of the Norwegian Bar Human Rights Committee and of Amnesty International in Norway. He was named persona non grata by the Turkish Government nearly a decade ago following public comments which were interpreted as ‘hostile’. Prior to his latest trip, however, it was understood from communications with the Interior Ministry and Turkish diplomats that he would be allowed to visit. In the event, he was told at Istanbul airport that he would never be permitted entry and was put on the next plane returning to Europe. No reason was given for the decision.
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Jon Rud, a member of the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) Refused Entry into Turkey |
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Jon Rud is a Norwegian human rights lawyer, and a member of the EUTCC. He was formerly Chairman of the Norwegian Bar Human Rights Committee and of Amnesty International in Norway. On 7 November this year, he was refused entry into Turkey. He had been invited by the Working Group on Justice of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (of which he is also a member) to a seminar in Istanbul.
In 1999, Mr. Rud was declared an “unwanted person” by the Turkish Government, following various speeches and media appearances, which were seen to be “hostile” to Turkey. Before arriving in Turkey, there had been contacts with the Turkish Ministry of the Interior and with two Turkish Ambassadors, who had examined his case. Based on these contacts, Mr. Rud was led to believe that he would be allowed entry. However, upon arrival at the airport in Istanbul, he was stopped and put back on the next returning plane to Europe. The Turkish police told him that he would never be permitted entry into Turkey, without giving any reason for this drastic decision.
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*** Reminder: KHRP 15th Anniversary Events *** |
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Lord Eric Avebury warmly invites you to the launch of Kurds: Through the Photographer’s Lens, which will be taking place at London’s stylish SW1 Gallery from 7.30pm until 11pm on 20 November 2008.
This unique book of photographs, poetry and writing has been commissioned by the Delfina Foundation to mark 15 years of the Kurdish Human Rights Project. Combining the work of some of the most prominent photojournalists and photographers who have worked across the Kurdish regions – including Susan Meiselas, Jan Grarup, Ed Kashi, and Patrick Robert – with the writings of Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter and poet Choman Hardi, it celebrates the life and times of the Kurdish people over the past 15 years.
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KHRP Publishes Briefing Paper on Freedom of Association and Trade Union Rights in Turkey |
KHRP is pleased to announce the publication of its latest briefing paper, Freedom of Association and Labour Rights Under Threat: The Situation of Trade Unions in Turkey.
The evidence suggests that the Turkish state is yet to recognise the valuable role that trade unions have to play as necessary social partners within the democratic system. Several pieces of Turkish legislation remain at odds with its commitments to respect trade union rights under various international agreements. In practice, too, the Turkish authorities continue to violate the rights of employees – particularly those working in the public sector – to associate freely, to bargain collectively and to go on strike. The situation is particularly bad in the Kurdish regions of south-east Turkey, where violations of trade union rights are exacerbated by a de facto state of emergency, restrictions on expressions of Kurdish culture, and factors such as poverty, discrimination and displacement.
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