Mehmet Bal

Refusing to Kill is Not a Crime		Mehmet Bal	Guernica by Pablo Picasso, 1937
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	Amnesty International has welcomed the conviction of three Turkish soldiers for “intentionally wounding” a conscientious objector while he was in military custody. A military court in Istanbul sentenced the soldiers to three months and 10 days' imprisonment on 13 November for the “intentional wounding” of Mehmet Bal in June 2008. 19 November 2009
	Second Session of Mehmet Bal's Torture Trial. Earlier this year, on the night of June 8, 2008 conscientious objector Mehmet Bal was taken under custody near his apartment in Arnavutkoy, Istanbul. 25 November 2008
	Mehmet Bal has been released from military prison & discharged from military service after being deemed to have an "anti-social personality disorder". Watch this space for more news.
	URGENT: See Action Alert (English, Italiano, Francais) and send letters of protest (English, Italiano, Francais).
	War Resisters International - TURKEY: Conscientious objector Mehmet Bal beaten in prison. 16 June 2008
	Human Rights Committee may look into conscientious objector Bal’s ordeal, either when petitioned by the victim or informed about the subject. 12 June 2008
	Questions by the Member of Parliament Van Bommel (SP - Socialist Party) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the case involving a Turkish conscientious objector, Mehmet Bal 12 June 2008
	Latest report by attorneys on Mehmet Bal's condition 12 June, 2008
	Amnesty International: Mehmet Bal is currently at risk of further ill-treatment at the hands of the military. 11 June 2008 And in German
	The Human Rights Association, determined in our meeting with Mehmet Bal, that he was subjected to intense torture and beaten within the approximately 24 hours he spent in Hasdal Military Hospital. 10 June 2008
	Model letter re: the torture of Mehmet Bal. En Francais

















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