Holland Cancels Kurdish Music Festi

[kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu]

From: mail06672 at pop.net (AKIN)
Subject: Holland Cancels Kurdish Music Festival

Holland Bans Kurdish Cultural Festival

We are not going to be able to hold the International Music Festival on 
September 16, 1995.  For a long time now, we have been preparing for the day 
in the Rotterdam Stadium.  Only recently, on orders from the office of the 
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, we were told to put a stop to our 
rehearsals.  Naturally, we sought a way out of this prohibition through the 
court of law.  Unfortunately, the Dutch Court, today, September 12, 1995, 
decided to uphold the decision of the government.  

Today also marks the visit of the Dutch Foreign Minister to Turkey. The 
decision, coming as it did, on the day of the actual visit, leads us to believe 
that the authorities based their decisions not on the rule of law but those of 
politics. We condemn such a ruling and urge the Dutch authorities to 
reconsider their decision.

The Organizing Committee of the International Music Festival 
September 12, 1995

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