Statement of the Party of the European Left on the situation of Behic Asci

December 12, 2006 in Behic Asci, F Type, Hunger Strike, Isolation, Solidarity

Moreover whatever the opinion of the Turkish State on the political beliefs of Behic Asci and the defendants that he undertook to protect, the responsibility of the Turkish Government remains in totality, in order to ensure their terms on the unbiased exercise of vocation of advocate of defence.

Statement of the Party of the European Left on the situation of Behic Asci
12-12-2006

To the:
Turkish Government
Ministry of Justice of Turkey
Turkish representation to the EU

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The Executive Board of the Party of the European Left was informed of the situation of lawyer Behic Asci, advocate of defence of detainees in Turkish prisons, who has already exceeded the 240 days of hunger strike and his situation seems fatal.

Independently from the Turkish authorities’ opinion regarding his chosen method of protest, the sole fact that one advocate of defence of detainees feels he suffocates in his effort to practice his professional duty and the fact that a human life enters at risk compels us all to react.

We demand therefore from the Turkish Government to act immediately.

A human Life remains always an irreplaceable value that cannot be compensated nor with fabricated arguments neither with political intentions.

This constitutes a fundamental value for any discussion on the culture that the humanity needs nowadays.

Moreover whatever the opinion of the Turkish State on the political beliefs of Behic Asci and the defendants that he undertook to protect, the responsibility of the Turkish Government remains in totality, in order to ensure their terms on the unbiased exercise of vocation of advocate of defence.

First condition for this is the protection of the life of Behic Asci.

The Executive Board
of the Party of the European Left
Brussels 5/12/2006

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