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24-10-2013

“Hostages of the peace process”: UK lawyers condemn Turkey’s anti-terror law


Peace in Kurdistan - Meeting report of 24 October 2013: Turkey’s anti-terror legislation has come under fire once again as five lawyers who recently returned from Istanbul gave a damning critique of one of Turkey’s now notorious ‘KCK trials’ at a public event held a Garden Court Chambers.

The lawyers formed part of a 6-person strong delegation that observed the trial of 46 Kurdish lawyers, who are being prosecuted for their work defending imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.  What they witnessed, they told the meeting, was a political show trial taking place in the context of peace talks between Ocalan and the Turkish government that reveals far more about authoritarianism in Turkey than the supposed criminality of the defendants. The meeting was chaired by Bill Bowring, Professor of Law at Birkbeck University.

Full report here:
http://peaceinkurdistancampaign.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/hostages-of-the-peace-process-uk-lawyers-condemn-turkeys-anti-terror-law/