TJK-E launches campaign to send letters to CPT against leader's isolation

TJK-E started a campaign to send letters to CPT against the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan in Imrali.

According to ANF Agency, TJK-E's statement read: "In the second phase of the campaign, we will work to send letters to the CPT through women's organisations, starting from Europe on 19 April. Through the letters to be sent from different cities every day, we will remind the CPT of its duties and responsibilities with our demands for the restoration of the legal rights of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan, the lifting of absolute isolation, and the paving of the way for his freedom by ending 25 years of isolation policies."

The statement added, "The Kurdish People's Leader Ocalan, has been kept under isolation in Imrali F Type Closed Prison for 25 years. For more than 3 years, he has not been allowed to meet with anyone, including his family and lawyers, which is an unprecedented practice in the world."

An institution established by the Council of Europe, the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), which has the authority to go to Imrali Island, is not only responsible for the antidemocratic practices in European countries. Turkey should be reminded that it is also a signatory to the decisions of these commissions and should immediately put an end to these practices.”

Pointing out that prisons in Turkey have turned into torture centres due to the CPT's ambiguous approach.

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