[Internazionale] LIBERTA' PER L'AVVOCATO Muharrem Erbey -Human Rights Association (IHD)

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CI UNIAMO COME ASSOCIAZIONE ALLA RICHIESTA ALLE AUTORITA' COMPETENTI,  DI 
RILASCIO IMMEDIATO DELL'AMICO E COMPAGNO Muharrem Erbey AVVOCATO STIMATO A 
LIVELLO INTERNAZIONALE. IL GOVERNO TURCO CHE IN QUEST MOMENTO DI GOLPE POLITICO 
SEMBRA NON ACCETTARE APPIENO CIO' CHE MILITARI E MAGISTRATURA STANNO DECIDENDO, 
INTERROMPA QUESTA SPIRALE DI ODIO E RICOMPONGA IL PROCESSO POLITICO PER LA 
RISOLUZIONE DELLA QUESTIONE KURDA, CHE AVEVA PORTATO SINO IN PARLAMENTO AD 
ANKARA. RIDIA DIGNITA'  POLITICA AL GRUPPO PARLAMENTARE DEL PARTITO FILO- 
KURDO, ANCHE SOTTO ALTRA DENOMINAZIONE, CHE E' INSEGUITO DA ACCUSE ORMAI SENZA 
CITTADINANZA, E BRACCATO NELLE SEZIONI E  NEL PRIVATO DELLE ABITAZIONI. IL 
PREMIER ERDOGAN  PUO' E DEVE GARANTIRE LA SALVAGUARDIA POLITICA AD UN PARTITO 
CHE HA AVUTO MILIONI DI VOTI E CHE SIEDE LEGITTIMAMENTE IN PARLAMENTO.  IL 
GOVERNO GUIDATO DA ERDOGAN DEVE IMMEDIATAMENTE RISTABILIRE LO STATO DI DIRITTO 
E L'ACCESSO INCONDIZIONATO AGLI UFFICI PER TUTTO IL GRUPPO PARLAMENTARE ELETTO 
NEL 2007.  CHIEDIAMO LA LIBERAZIONE DELL'AVVOCATO E AMICO DELLA NOSTRA 
ASSOCIAZIONE  Muharrem Erbey E DI TUTTI I QUADRI E MILITANTI  KURDI ARRESTATI O 
ESTROMESSI DALLA VITA POLITICA IN TURCHIA.  ORA BASTA!  LA MAGISTRATURA HA 
ORCHESTRATO UN COLPO DI STATO BELLO E  BUONO ESTROMETTENDO IL DTP DALLA VITA 
POLITICA  E NELLE PIAZZE SI VEDONO RIPRESI  DECINE DI FASCISTI  TURCHI 
INFILTRATI  E BEN ARMATI CHE SBRIGANO LE "PRATICHE" ALLA LUCE DEL SOLE.
LIBERTA' E  GIUSTIZIA PER IL POPOLO KURDO.
ROMA 30 DICEMBR 2009
ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE AZAD

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SEGUE APPELLO DA INOLTRARE


Lawyer Muharrem Erbey, Vice President and Diyarbakýr Branch President of 
Human Rights Association (IHD), was detained on early hours of the morning of 
24 December 2009 in Diyarbakýr and was arrested on the midnight of 26 December 
2009 by the Diyarbakýr Special Heavy Penal Court.  To participate to the 
Constitution Workshop in Diyarbakýr, to give a speech regarding to the Kurdish 
Issue in the parliaments of Belgium, Sweden and England, to participate to 
“Kurdish Film Festival” in Italy and to become a legal adviser of Osman 
Baydemir (the Mayor of Diyarbakir) are some of the accusations against Muharrem 
Erbey. These events were describes as illegal activities and Mr. Erbey was 
accused being “a member of an illegal organisation”. 

Following the detention of Muharrem Erbey, the police raided the Diyarbakýr 
Branch of Human Rights Association in the hope of finding “more evidences”. 
Besides the unlawful raid, the search and confiscation in our branch, which had 
not any relation with the related investigation, were a scandal in terms of 
law. The Diyarbakir Branch of IHD had not been raided even during the years of 
state of emergency. The accusations against Muharrem Erbey are the activities 
of a human rights defender. In this way, The United Nations of the Declaration 
on Human Rights Defenders was violated frankly.

Right to freedom of expression and association was violated once again with 
the arrest of Muharrem Erbey. With this imprisonment, the rule-of-law principle 
and Lawyer of Muharrem Erbey’s right to be tried without arrest were violated.

A human rights defender was accused of being “the international affairs 
officer of an illegal organisation” because of his speeches on Kurdish Issue, 
which is the most important problem in Turkey, in the parliaments of Belgium, 
Italy and England. These countries are the members of European Union, for which 
Turkey negotiate for full membership. Thus, these countries should question the 
attitude of Turkey. Human rights is a universal concept. It should be expressed 
in everywhere. European Union and the related countries should not be just an 
onlooker to this situation.

The ongoing imprisonment of Lawyer Filiz Kalayci (board member of the Human 
Rights Association) in 2009, the imprisonment Ms. Yuksel Mutlu (a member of the 
Honorary Board of the Human Rights Association ) for six months in 2009, the 
penalties of imprisonment and fines against Ethem Açýkalýn (Former President of 
Adana Branch of Human Rights Association) in 2009 and the investigations and 
cases against the other members and executives of IHD were the indicators of 
pressure on the human rights defenders in Turkey. All the activities of human 
rights defenders are within the frame of freedom of expression and freedom of 
association. According to the United Nations of the Declaration on Human Rights 
Defenders, the government should protect the human rights defenders. However, 
the ongoing investigations and cases against them indicate that there are 
serious violations in this area.

We request the immediate release of Muharrem Erbey.

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (IHD)