HADEP wants amnesty for all prisoners

HADEP members send a fax to the president, the prime minister and the
parliamentary speaker asking for all prisoners to be included in the amnesty bill
 

Nov 1, 2000
Istanbul - Turkish Daily News

Different views and proposals regarding the amnesty bill continue to come from all
sections of society. The People's Democracy Party (HADEP) was the latest to join the
debate. The party's Istanbul chairman, Dogan Erbas, who made a speech in the name of
HADEP members who met in front of Galatasaray Post Office, said, "All arrested and
convicted people should be released under the amnesty bill."

The group, consisting of some 30 people, met with wide security measures in front of the
post office. The group wanted to make a press statement and negotiated to this end with
the police. They were finally allowed to make a statement on the condition that they did
not chant slogans. In his speech Erbas called for the amnesty law to be enacted as soon
as possible. Stating that the bill should include all arrested and convicted prisoners,
Erbas said: "We at HADEP believe that more than 70,000 prisoners should be released.
The amnesty bill should passed in the interests of internal peace. An amnesty bill which
does not include political prisoners cannot be an answer to the real needs of society. We
call on all political parties, and the ruling parties in particular, as well as the public, to be
more sensitive on this issue."

The HADEP members forwarded their demand for an amnesty for all prisoners to
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and the parliamentary
speaker.
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The Kurdistan Observer
www.kurdistanobserver.com

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