Answering to the more and more
numerous askings of informations from raiders who would like to visit Turkey, we
remind you that the editorial of July 2001 is still
availuable.
 We
can not answer to everybody by an individual way (so-so-sorry), but in the aim
to make share our travels, we have opened a blog accessible to this adress
:
http://ofk.blogspot.com (17/06/2002)
Right
and left : we shall gain time in september for refreshing the site (because
informations will be already on the web) and
we stay in touch each others, and it allows tu answer once and without
tireness to the eternal and systematical Kurdish asking :
"WERARUWITHOWATARUDOING ?" (NDLR : yeah, there are some tempting
answers !).
 An
else benefit not insignificant : it will help gracefully the PKK - Ups ! - KADEK
to put spokes on our wheels by preventing we meet some speakers there.
As they will know exactly where we are going to raid, it just have to
wonder anxiously from where the OFK will overcome, and could then use the time
they have gained by set a strict and anticipated watching... Nice progress,
isnt it ?
We are sorry for English speakers but whe will translate
everything in September. By waiting it, you could get a strange survey by using
the services on Web. But you can registry yourselves on the blog and let english posts.
This month,
edito is short but we'll bring much pictures in September to make good a loss...
See you ont the blog and happy holydays for everybody !
Roxane &
Sandrine Alexie
Amnesty International :
Hussain Daoud, a Syrian
Kurd aged about 31, was arrested by the Political Security (al-Amn al-Siyassi)
at Damascus airport in December 2000 on his arrival from Germany from where he
was forcibly returned following the rejection of his asylum application. He was
initially held at Far' Falastin, Palestine Detention Centre, where he was
interrogated about his political activities in Germany. He was then held
incommunicado for months at various detention centres in Damascus and
al-Qamishli in northern Syria, where he was reportedly tortured. On 4 February
2001 Hussain Daoud was transferred to Sednaya prison on the outskirts of
Damascus where he is currently held. He was refused family visits for months,
but on 26 June 2001 the authorities allowed a representative of the German
embassy in Damascus to visit him. He was then allowed visits from his family. In
March 2002, Hussain Daoud was sentenced by the SSSC to two years' imprisonment.
He was charged with "involvement in an attempt to sever part of the Syrian
territory" and "opposing the objectives of the revolution through
taking part in demonstrations". The charges are apparently related to
Hussain Daoud's involvement with Kurdish opposition groups abroad, which the
Syrian authorities consider to be separatist organizations intent on dividing
the country. There is no right of appeal against decisions made by the SSSC.
Amnesty International considers Hussain Daoud to be a prisoner of conscience
detained solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression and
association, and is calling for his immediate and unconditional release.
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