(Germany) Kurds don't want to go back

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Subject: (Germany) Kurds don't want to go back
From: Press Agency Ozgurluk <ozgurluk at xs4all.nl>

August 6-1997

Turkish Daily News

Istanbul - Kurds who were living in Turkey's Southeast Anatolia region
where they allegedly underwent pressure and torture before taking
refuge in Germany have said that they do not want to be sent back to
Turkey. Their current dilemma was explained in a press conference held
Tuesday at the Istanbul Human Rights Association office.

The Kurds who were identified individually by name have taken refuge
in a church following a court decision in Germany's Saxony State that
they should be returned to Turkey.

Among them were Abdullah Efe who was taken into custody in 1996 with
his father Isa Efe at Derik and who it was proclaimed had disappeared.
At the present time Efe is in Germany and the German court's decision
would mean that he will be sent back to Turkey.

Along with Efe are Ramazan Aka, Hasan Sincar, Sevki Gok and Abdulbaki
Ozben.

According to the statement made by the Human Rights Association, if
these people are sent back to Turkey they may perhaps be tortured
again and disappear while in custody. The report further said that
German offices should help those refugees who escape from Turkey and
take refuge in Germany and that they ought not to be sent back in
accordance with international human rights laws.
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