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24 February 2006  »  disabled activist deportation cancelled

» Great news -- Peter Gichura disabled activist from the Payday network -- deportation cancelled
“Now I will continue fighting for my right to stay, and for a change to the asylum laws so that my sisters and brothers are not faced with the same racism and heartlessness that is part and parcel of immigration controls.”

16 February 2006  »  Latino march for peace  »  Torture in Afghanistan


Pablo Peredes will lead a
March of Latinos opposing the war

 » Latino March for Peace
Fernando Suarez del Solar, Pablo Paredes, Camilo Mejia and Aidan Delgado will lead a coalition of the willing across this 241 mile quest for peace starting in Tijuana, Mexico,  culminating in The Mission district of San Francisco with a memorial ceremony.
 

»  US Army's tries to enlist Hispanics
Critics say that Latinos often wind up as cannon fodder on the casualty-prone front lines. African-Americans saw the same thing happen during the 1970's and 1980's.

»  For one Marine, torture came home
Jeff had been told by soldiers who had been present that the detainees were being interrogated and tortured, and given psychotropic drugs.

9 February 2006  » Turkey: European ruling   » March to New Orleans

»  Turkey declared guilty of degrading treatment
In a case which represents a very important precedent for Mehmet Tarhan’s, the European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of inflicting degrading treatment on Osman Murat Ülke, a conscientious objector who was imprisoned eight times for a total of 701 days for refusing to serve.  The Court awarded Mr Ülke € 10,000 for moral damage and €1,000 for costs and expenses.   See lawyers' statement.

»  Hinzman & Hughey
These two U.S. army deserters hope that the Federal Court will grant them asylum in Canada.


Iraq                   New Orleans

»  From Irak to the US
Veterans' and Survivors' March for Peace and Justice to New Orleans March 14-19, 2006
19 December 2005   » Greek support  »  International actions


» Photos of International Day of action  » Greece joins the protest   » Outcome of the trial

7 December 2005  » Mumia and Mehmet   » 22 cities in 13 countries

»  Free Mehmet! Free Mumia!
 December 9 also marks 24 years since Mumia Abu-Jamal was shot and beaten by Philadelphia police and later railroaded to death row. Payday and Wages Due Lesbians will be participating in those activities and bringing the movement to support Mehmet to the movement to support Mumia. Read about support for Mumia by the  Global Women's Strike. 

Mehmet: Brasilian support
Agência de notícias anarquistas-ana, a group in Brazil call for protest messages to the Turkish embassy in Brazilia. Now 22 cities in 13 countries are taking part on  9 December.

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                        Mehmet and Mumia
 
4 December 2005   » International support for Mehmet  » Hinzman


War protester Dede Miller, the sister of Cindy Sheehan, is arrested Wednesday for camping along a roadside in Crawford, Texas (Matt Slocum / AP)
 

MEHMET
»  International Day of Action on 9 December. Trial on 15 December. See Wages Due Lesbians & Payday's Response to the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee. Excellent interview with Mehmet.
 
»  Open Letter to George's Mama
By Cindy Sheehan, 16 November 2005

 
»  Jeremy Hinzman
 Appeal on February 7, 2006 in Toronto. It is good news because it could set a useful precedent for the other war resisters in their refugee claims.
23 November 2005   » Idan Halili jailed
On Tuesday morning, 15 November 2005, Israeli feminist conscientious objector Idan Halili (ISR14775) presented herself at the Israeli army's main Induction center near Tel Aviv.  She said: as a feminist, I feel I must avoid military service and act to limit and reduce the influence of the army on civic society.
4 November 2005   » Mehmet ends his strike    » Bloody Nobel Prize


 Rose Gentle and other military families at a peace camp in front of Tony Blair's residence
(Oct 2005)

MEHMET
» Mehmet win his demands and ends his hunger strike. His appeal to be heard soon.
»   My brother Mehmet, a statement by his sister Emine.

OPPOSE NOBEL PRIZE TO WARMONGERS
»  Sign a letter opposing the decision to award the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economic to Professors Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling.

2 November 2005   » Caroline Lucas MEP writes re Mehmet Tarhan
‘Turkey does not recognise the right of conscientious objection, a right listed under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights . . . I would like to know if conscientious objection has been raised specifically with the Turkish authorities and what plans there are to do so.’ Caroline Lucas MEP to Olli Rehn (Commissioner for EU Enlargement)
1 November 2005   » Victory for Gulf War Syndrome survivors
» Recognition of Gulf War Syndrome
 Gulf war syndrome was officially recognised yesterday as a distinct set of symptoms suffered by British army veterans sent to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in 1991 by a war pensions appeals tribunal
27 October 2005  » Mehmet 28 days strike  » RAF refusenik

» Mehmet - 28 days of hunger strike
Gay Turkish CO Mehmet Tarhan continues his hunger strike against mistreatment in jail. Caroline Lucas MEP wrote to support him. See key article in a Turkish daily.

»  British Refusenik charged
Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith first British officer to face court martial for refusing to serve in Iraq because he says it was illegal.

»  Shaul Mograbi Berger 4 times in jail
See letter of this Israeli Refusenik.

  

New website about Mehmet, in Turkish and English
13 October 2005   » Mehmet on hunger strike   » Istanbul Conference


Banner: Mehmet will not be a soldier
(demonstration in Turkey)

»  Mehmet Tarhan was brutally assaulted by guards at Sivas military prison on Friday 30 September when he refused to have his hair cut. In protest, he went on hunger strike.

»  The Turkish military’s treatment of a gay consciencious objector. 

» Message from Payday and Wages Due Lesbians to the Anti-Militarist Conference, Istanbul, 30 September - 2 October 2005.

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