Skip to content
Marche mondiale des femmes   Marche mondiale des femmes
Portal Languages

World March of Women

http://www.worldmarchofwomen.org/
Personal tools
You are here: Home » News » Activists in Turkey are released; process will continue
Navigation
<<< Call to struggle against threats to rights conquered by women in the UN Call to the 4th WMW International Action Celebration of the Charter at the "triple" border Changing the World is urgent! Condemnation of the killing of three Kurdish women activists Conflict in Mali and the Central African Republica COP-20: WMW activities during People's Summit in Lima, Peru Cuban women for Humanity Cumbre de los Pueblos en Río+20: declaración final; imágenes, audios y textos de la MMM Cérémonie et réunions de sensibilisation à Conakry December: end-of-year message; Klimaforum DECLARATION FROM THE EUROPEAN MEETING OF THE WORLD MARCH OF WOMEN Declaration of the 6th International Meeting Demonstration against police repression and in solidarity with people arrested in the G20 Denise Comanne: present! Des écrivaines parlent de la Charte mondiale des femmes pour l'humanité Discussions on the themes of peace and violence Ecuador: Fire ritual to receive the Charter Encuentro Internacional de la MMM: primer día: 34 países, 80 mujeres, un solo ideal ENDING MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF IMPUNITY IN SEPUR ZARCO Escalating misogyny in Turkey European campaign is arriving! European Nyeleni Forum, on Food Sovereignty European Social Forum, International Meeting, Pakistan European Young Feminists Camp; Solidarity to Palestine Event in Amman, Jordan FEBRUARY 18th DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH SAHRAWI WOMEN FEBRUARY 18th DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH SAHRAWI WOMEN Feminism on the march to change the world! Fifteen thousand women in Québec City >>>
Log in
 

Activists in Turkey are released; process will continue

27-11-2009
After five months and 20 days in jail, the criminal court in Turkey decided to release the 22 activists (10 women and 12 men) arrested in the months of May and June. The next stage of the trial investigating the alleged involvement of the accused with an illegal organisation will be held on the 2nd March 2010. Testimonies from all prisoners were heard in this first trial, which lasted two days, until early morning on Saturday, the 21st. For lack of time, the nine others who were awaiting trial in liberty were not heard.
 
The trial was accompanied by about 150 people, including an international delegation of more than 40 people and the families of the prisoners - teenagers, elderly parents – as well as friends and political activists. KESK (Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions of Turkey) activists remained outside the court throughout the trial, carrying posters demanding “Hands off KESK”, accompanied by groups of school students and human rights organisations.

All the women imprisoned identified themselves before the jury as feminists. All of them were or are responsible for the women's committees of public sector trade unions related to KESK at different levels (local, regional, national). One of the ten accused women began her statement in the trial denouncing the prosecutor’s report as patriarchal defamation.

Read the full article in:
http://www.worldmarchofwomen.org/structure/cn-groupes/europe/turquie/trial2009/decision1120/en

Last modified 2009-11-27 01:50 PM
This item is available in
English, Español, Français