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Beitrag vom 04.01.2011
For Justice - PINAR SELEK - We Take Side, Beside
AVIVA-Redaktion
This is an urgent call from Amargi Women´s Solidarity Cooperative to all intellectuals, writers, artists, feminist associations, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and politicians - Now...
... it is again time for solidarity. Pinar Selek will be trialed once again, on 9th of February, 2011 in Istanbul.
Feminist, sociologist, anti-militarist peace activist, writer and founding member of Amargi Women´s Solidarity Cooperative Pinar Selek is facing penal life imprisonment at the trial she has been acquitted twice.
As the public opinion already knows, she was made to target due to her leading sociological research in 1996 concerning the Turkish-Kurdish war conditions and possibilities of reconciliation. Taken under custody her research was confiscated. She was heavily tortured in order to give the names of the people she interviewed. As she rejected, she found herself arrested.
While she was already in prison, her name was related to the explosion in Spice Bazaar as part of a conspiracy plot. During the trial the false statement given against her under torture was revealed and every allegation became disproven. Finally Pinar Selek was released after 2 and half years. However, although she has been acquitted twice, the Criminal Office No. 9 of Supreme Court decided upon the reversal of the acquittal on merits for the second time and demanded Pinar Selek to be judged with a claim of 36 years of heavy imprisonment. The Criminal General Assembly rejected the Head prosecutor´s objection and sent the case back to the Istanbul Court of Aggravated Felony number 12 which had given the decision of acquittal.
Pinar Selek will be trialed once again, on 9th of February, 2011 in Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court located in Beþiktaþ/Istanbul.
At this point all solidarity actions with Pinar Selek are of vital importance. Hence we invite you to support our struggle for justice, by:
joining personally in the court session on 9th of February, or sending an observational committee to the trial. organising press conferences, or writing and sending us your (groups/organisations) political support statement.making Pinar Selek´s case visible in your country/state by spreading this call and her campaign information.participating at the sign petition for Pinar Selek campaign – organised by Pen Germany.
www.ps-signup.de
This petition will be publicly announced by Pen Germany, on the court day at a special press conference in Istanbul. Any contribution to this petition until the day of the trial will be higly appreciated.
Pinar Selek´s case has already turned to a symbolic mark for the seek of justice among all unlawfulness. Having close relationships with groups otherized by the system, she is very well known in Turkey and abroad with her books on violence against transgender women in Istanbul, the history of peace struggles in Turkey and finally bulding up manhood within the context of military service experiences. This last book "Sürüne Sürüne Erkek Olmak" (Leading a Dog´s Life: Masculinity) is also published in Germany under the title, "Zum Mann gehätschelt zum Mann gedrillt. Männliche Identitäten"
Since 12 years, many well known Turkish and foreign intellectuals declared their open support for Pinar Selek by also personally attending the trials. P.E.N. Germany is also leading an international support campaign which is available at www.pen-deutschland.de.
For further information and/or your proposals to support Pinar Selek please contact:
halatanigizplatformu@gmail.com (still witnesses platform mail address) or yaseminsevval@yahoo.com (international spokesperson of Pinar Selek Support Campaign) or karinkarakasli@yahoo.com (member of Pinar Selek Support Campaign) or Solidaritepinarselek.france@gmail.com (comity from France) or www.pinarselek.com/public/page orwww.pinarselek.com/public/destek
Looking forward to your precious contribution
Amargi Women´s Solidarity Cooperative/Istanbul
More information about Pinar Selek at AVIVA-Berlin:
Interview mit Pinar Selek
Interview avec Pinar Selek
"Zum Mann gehätschelt zum Mann gedrillt. Männliche Identitäten" by Pinar Selek