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International Initiative
Freedom for Ocalan – Peace in Kurdistan
P.O. Box 100511, D-50445 Koeln
E-Mail: info@freedom-for-ocalan.com
Url: www.freedom-for-ocalan.com
Cologne, 13 November 2002
INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE BRIEFINGS:
Italian senators demand immediate lifting
of Ocalan's solitary confinement
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Appeal to the Italian prime minister
The Turkish government must lift Mr. Ocalan’s solitary
confinement
On November 12, 2002 it is four years ago that Abdullah Ocalan,
president of the Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK), arrived
in Rome. After the abolishment of the death penalty in Turkey the
death sentence imposed on Mr. Ocalan was converted into a life sentence.
Mr. Ocalan is the sole prisoner on Imrali, the Turkish prison island.
For five weeks his lawyers had no contact to their client. Nor
was his family allowed to visit him. The Kurds that live in Italy
are very concerned about the tightened solitary confinement of KADEK-president
Abdullah Ocalan. They have given a declaration, therefore, demanding
that access by his lawyers be ensured and that the severe conditions
of the solitary confinement he has endured now for a long time be
lifted.
Tomorrow prime minister Berlusconi will meet the chairman of the
AKP, Erdogan, whose party won an absolute majority in the November
3 polls. In this meeting Mr. Erdogan will ask for support by Italy
for the Turkish EU accession bid.
The signatories to this appeal understand themselves as mediators
for the Kurds who have gathered in front of the Palazzo Madama.
Therefore they call on prime minister Berlusconi to forward their
concern to Mr. Erdogan in view of Mr. Ocalan’s situation.
Further on, they demand the immediate lifting of the solitary confinement
Mr. Ocalan is subjected to and the recognition of his constitutional
rights as a prisoner.
Since the general situation in Turkish prisons has changed seriously
for the worse of late we call on the prime minister to exert his
influence on Mr. Erdogan in terms of a noticeable improvement.
Signatories in the Italian Senate
Senator Nuccio Jovene (Democratic Left, human rights committee
in the Italian senate)
Senator Gigi Malabarba (party whip reformist Communist Party)
Senator Giorgio Malentacchi (reformist Communist Party)
Senator Stefano Boco (Green Party)
Senator Loredana De Petris (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Piatti Gianni (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Michelini Renzo (parliamentary group South Tyrol)
Senator Mauro Fabris (group of independent senators)
Senator Roberto Calderoli (vice-president of the senate, Lega Padana)
Senator Alessandro Forlani (chairman of the foreign policy commission
of the Christian Democrats, member of the human rights committee
of the senate)
Senator Alberto Monticone (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Luigi Compagna (parlamentary group of Christian Democrats
and Centre)
Senator Flammia Angelo (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Tommaso Sodano (Communist Party)
Senator Di Girolamo Leopoldo (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Patrizia Toia (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Emanuela Baio Dossi (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Gubetti Furio (Forza Italia)
Senator Gubert Renzo (parlamentary group of Christian Democrats
and Centre)
Senator Francesco Servello (National Alliance))
Senator Loris Maconi (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Kofler Alois (parlamentary group of South Tyrol)
Senator Luigi Marino (group of independent senators)
Senator Francesco Martone (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Aniello Formisano (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Pagliarulo Gianfranco (group of independent senators)
Senator Togni Livio (group of independent senators)
Senator Bettoni Brandani Monica (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Lauria Michele (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Peterlini Oskar (parliamentary group South Tyrol)
Senator Gasbarri Mario (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Murineddu Giovanni (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Donato Veraldi (Olive Tree Coalition)
Senator Thaler Ausserhofer Helga (leader of the parliamentary group
South Tyrol)
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