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Human Rights Violations in Turkish Prisons

To all who have a human conscience

To the European Members of Parliament

To the governments of Europe

Human Rights Violations in Turkish Prisons

Since April 15th about 10 000 Kurdish and Turkish political prisoners are on hunger strike against the new prison regime of isolation that is being imposed on them, and has been imported from Germany.

We, the participants in the congress of the "Caravan for the Rights of the Refugees and Migrants" condemn the brutal and repressive policies of the Turkish government against its own people and against the Kurdish people.

The caravan movement represents people from Congo, Ghana, Iran, Georgien, Türkei/Kurdistan, Marokko, Ireland, Somalia, Eritrea, Nepal, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Guinea, Sudan, Sri Lanka/Tamil Eelam, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Chile, Kenya, Philipines, Syria, Brasil, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Pakistan, Ecuador, France, Germany, Spain, Britain, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Romania, Austria, USA, Portugal. In solidarity with the political prisoners in Turkey we do not accept that at the beginning of the 21st century the most elementary rights are still violated and ignored by the Turkish state.

We demand the end of physical and psychological torture, disappearances and extrajudicial murders executed inside and outside of Turkish prisons!

The still existing death sentence needs to be abolished!

The implementation of "solitary-confinement" as a modern method of torture in Turkey and all other countries of the world has to be stopped!

The fundamental civil rights of political prisoners - such as the right to be represented by a lawyer of choice, the right to medical attention and the right to get visitors - must be confirmed!

Until the above human rights issues are dealt, Turkey cannot enter the European Union according to Genever Conventions!