2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999

Briefings

 

2007

 

12 March 2007: 3rd press statement by Ocalan's lawyers: An international delegation must establish the truth
2 March 2007: 2nd press statement by Ocalan's lawyers: Turkish Justice Minister must act Responsibly and with Seriousness
1 March 2007: "We shall kill him piecemeal" - A threat that has come true
1 March 2007: Press statement by Ocalan's lawyers: Ocalan is intoxicated

 

2005

 

1 November 2005: The Ocalan Laws – a litmus test for Turkish justice

13 June 2005: The Ocalan case as a farce - Kurdish leader demands trial before an international tribunal

30 May 2005: Against all reason: Turkey tries to play for time in Ocalan case

2 May 2005: Press release by European Court of Human Rights - Forthcoming Grand Chamber Jugment - Öcalan v. Turkey

2 May 2005: European rights court to rule on appeal by Abdullah Ocalan

21 April 2005: Press Release by Abdullah Ocalan's Lawyers

21 April 2005: ‘Ocalan Law’ becomes a Boomerang or Nothing New from Turkey

2 April 2005: Report on the journey of an international human rights delegation to Turkey

25 January 2005: Kurdish Issue in Turkey Unresolved

 

2004

1 December 2004: Update on the situation of Abdullah Ocalan

6 October 2004: Turkey and the EU: Kurdish Perspectives
documentation of a position paper from the Kurdistan People's Congress (KONGRA-Gel)

4 May 2004: The Kurdish question and European justice - final act of the Ocalan case

28 April 2004: Abdullah Öcalan's health suffers from solitary confinement

5 April 2004: Peace Prize for Ocalan awarded in Italy

25 January 2004: Anti-torture panel demands access for Turkey's No. 1 prisoner

19 January2004: A Touchstone for Europe

13 January 2004: KONGRA-GEL on account of the current development concerning A. Ocalan's detention situation an worsening health.

12 January 2004: The Ocalan Case: 5 Years Of Solitary Confinement - Litmus Test For A Democratic Solution Of The Kurdish Question

9 January 2004: Abdullah Ocalan: detention situation and state of health (uptaded January 2004)

 

2003


15 December 2003: The Kurdish Question - A Touchstone for European Democracy

12 December 2003: Declaration of European Parliamentarians concerning the detention conditions of Abdullah Ocalan

17 November 2003: Final Declaration of the Foundation Conference of the People's Congress of Kurdistan (KONGRA GEL)

11 November 2003: KADEK dissolve itself - Press Release by KADEK

7 November 2003: The Turkish Dilemma Or One Swallow Doesn't Make A Summer

6 November 2003: Six weeks without a word from Ocalan - Ocalan lawyer bashes passive European stance

28 May 2003: URGENT APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION from Ocalan's lawyers

1 May 2003: Documentation: KADEK - It is time for a democratic solution in the Middle East!

16 April 2003: The aim is a democratic Middle East! - Interview with Duran Kalkan, KADEK Presidential Council

2 April 2003: DEHAP Dossier

14 March 2003: One step forward, two steps back - European law and the Kurdish question

12 March 2003: European rights court condemns Turkey in Ocalan case

5 March 2003: Abdullah Ocalan's Solitary Confinement Continues

13 February 2003: War or peace - its up to Turkey!

8 February 2003: IHD - THE REPORT OF INVESTIGATION & INQUIRY OF THE CLAIMS REGARDING THE SOLITARY CONFINMENT IN THE CLOSED PRISON OF IMRALI

5 February 2003: European Democratic Lawyers call for an end of Ocalan's solitary confinement

22 January 2003: No information on Ocalan for two months now! - Ocalan's isolation continues!

20 January 2003: Statement by the Ocalan Lawyers, Concerning Abdullah Ocalan’s solitary confinement – Mr. Ocalan’s situation remains unclear!

 

2002


9 December 2002: Documentation: Urgent-action plan for a democratic solution from KADEK, 22 November 2002

13 November 2002: Italian senators demand immediate lifting of Ocalan's solitary confinement

2 October 2002: An interview with Hiwa Abdullah, European Representative of the Democratic Solution Party of Kurdistan (Parti Chareseri Demokrati Kurdistan)

1 October 2002: Decision in Ocalan case adjourned again - new target date January 2003

12 September 2002: KADEK: MHP a Danger for Peace

2 August 2002: An Interview with Ocalan's laywer, Aysel Tugluk, by Karin Leukefeld

10 June 2002: Declaration on Peace and Democracy

22 April 2002: European foreign policy going astray

20 March 2002: Ocalan's dention conditions

31 January 2002: Turkey and the kurdish Question

2001


August 2001: Interview wit Ocalan's domestic laywers

10 July 2001: Ocalan Statement

June 2001: Interview with Ocalan's domestic laywers

2000


June 2000: Amnesty International urges Turkish authorities to end Ocalan solitary confinement

 

1999

May 1999: Ocalan as a Prisoner of War
By International Law/Humanitarian Law Expert Prof. Dr. Karen Parker (USA)