Halil on
trial on 12 April 2007 -
Petition
sent to the Turkish authority.
See the text of the petition and first
signatories
5 April 2007 |
Press release by
the Conscientious Objection Platform
The
police, who were supposed to prevent the aggressors, joined them by
using pepper gas against our friends and by beating them and causing
some of the people from our group to get injured.
28 March 2007 |
Model Letter to the Turkish authorities
We are outraged to hear that on 29 March he
will be on trial again for his refusal, and
risks being sentenced to more time in jail.
This cycle of arrest, detention, trial,
“release”, new arrest, is against any notion
of natural justice and must stop.
27 March
2007 |
|
Halil
Savda beaten in jail
A
sergeant major who was the disciplinary
officer, two guardians and an officer pushed
Halil to the wall face-on, kicked his legs
apart and began hitting him. Having kept
kicking Halil on the floor where he fell
while yelling “you are a traitor, you are a
terrorist,” the authorities tried to silence
Halil from crying out by shoving a dirty gag
in his mouth.
2 February 2007 |
Conscientious objector Halil Savda mistreated and
on hunger strike
"I
refuse the psychological examination. I
refuse my military duty by my conscience. I
am not disabled nor sick. I dont
want to be invalided out. I refuse the military duty as being a
conscientious objector
and for
these reason i dont want to be examined by doctor"
17 January 2007 |
Halil Savda:
report on trial
hearing of 22 December 2006
17 supporters and
press representatives from Istanbul and Corlu were present at the
hearing. His lawyer Suna Coskun
emphasized that Savda is no soldier, but a conscientious objector
22
December
2007 |
Message to the
demonstration supporting refusenik Halil Savda
by Payday
In fact, visible refuseniks
are just the tip of an immense
anti-militaristic iceberg. Thousands of US,
UK and other troops have deserted from Iraq
and Afghanistan. Up to 500,000 have dodged
conscription in Turkey
21 December 2006 |
Action Alert:
Conscientious Objector Halil Savda in Turkish military court 22
December
20
December
2007 |
Ankara Anarchy
Initiative Statement
Halil
is in the prison now, because he rejected an
activity which crushes with his will and his
conscience. They don't want him to be free,
because he doesn't accepts to use violence,
to kill people, to take a part within
uniformity structure and more than that,
because he knows that if not only himself
but other people also reject this structure
and other structures, another world is
possible
18 December 2006 |
|
Press release by
Conscientious Objection Platform,
Halil Savda was
arrested two years ago on 26.11.2004 at the Çorlu Military Prosecutor's
Office where he declared he would not “serve in the military as it
contradicted his conscience and beliefs.” He was released from custody
after the trial on 30.12.2004. Halil was arrested again on
December 7 by the Çorlu Military Court
15 December 2006 |
|
Development concerning Halil Savda
Conscientious Objector Halil Savda is put into solitary confinement!
13 December 06 |
Conscientious objector Halil Savda arrested at his trial
information and photos by conscientious
objectors in Turkey
10 December 2006 |
