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Conscientious
objectors and Spanish judge receive Dink award
After receiving
the award, Mehmet Tarhan, who spoke on behalf of the Turkey
Conscientious Objectors Movement, said they will keep their promise
to Hrant Dink. “We can continue on our way, taking strength from the
sense of responsibility to Hrant who said, ‘It was not suitable for
me to leave bubbling hells and escape to ready-made
heavens,’
17 September 2010 |
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Shut Down the Human
Slaughterhouses! |
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Statement by Mehmet
Tarhan's solicitor - against brutality he suffered in
prison The case has been brought by conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan due to the inhumane treatment he was subjected to during his time in prison. 8 November 2006 |
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Conscientious objection platform launched
"Conscientious Objection Platform" will work for legislation recognizing the right to object to military service. Platform intends to campaign for rights of penalized conscientious objectors and journalists covering their plight". 27 October 2006 |
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War Resisters
International's call to write to Turkish authorities against unjust sentence given to gay conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan 17 October 2006 |
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A call to attention
concerning the decision of October 10 |
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Mehmet sentenced to 25
months in jail.
Turkey's Human Rights Association says a 25 month prison sentence passed by a military court against conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan is "wrongful and unacceptable," calling to stop repression of those objecting war 16 October 2006 |
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Kurdish Objector Defies
Turkey's Mighty Army Mehmet Tarhan knows a lot about the desperation and anger that led a Turkish draft dodger to hijack a plane this week hoping to avoid military service. 08 October 2006 |
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Press release - Mehmet
is Free ! Mehmet Tarhan, gay Kurdish conscientious objector, was released from military prison on 9 March. The highest military court of appeal in Turkey (the Military Court of Cassation) ruled that he had been punished enough for his “crime”. His crime was refusing to kill. 13 March 2006 |
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Mehmet Tarhan – Proud to say NO Mehmet’s refusal has inspired a movement challenging military domination in Turkey and elsewhere. Whilst warmongers support each other in their wars against Iraq, Palestine, Kurdistan... January 2006 |
| Message to the national lesbian and gay demonstration in Rome 11 February 2006 |
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Turkey declared guilty of degrading treatment of a
conscientious objector
24 January 2006 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. » Judgment: Ülke v. Turkey (Full text in French) 24 January 2006 » Statement by Osman Murat Ülke 26 January 2006 » Statement by Contemporary Lawyers Association, Izmir Branch 26 January 2006 |
| Stephen Funk speaks out in support of Mehmet Tarhan December 2005 |
| Military Court confirms four year sentence for Mehmet Tarhan 15 December 2005 |
| Letter to MEPs by Wages Due Lesbians and Payday 13 December 2005 |
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International Day of Action - 9
December 2005 » Action in Greece » Photos from around the world » Report for the Morning Star (UK) » Press release 8 December 2005 » Eighteen MEPs demand Mehmet's release 8 December 2005 » International information International flyer in PDF » London protest » Los Angeles protest » Philadelphia protest |
| Response the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee 24 November 2005 |
| Conscientous Objector Mehmet Tarhan threatened with judicial rape, 17 November 2005 |
| Mehmet, gay conscientious objector in the inferno of Turkish jails, Liberazione, 2 November 2005 |
| Payday Action Alert 4 - 28 Days on hunger strike, 29 October 2005 |
Letter from CAROLINE LUCAS (Green Party MEP) to EU Commissioner Olli Rehn, 19 October 2005 |
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My brother Mehmet by Emine, Mehmet's sister, October 2005 |
| The Turkish military’s treatment of a gay consciencious objector by Payday, 5 October 2005 |
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To the Anti-Militarist Conference, Istanbul, 30 September - 2 October 2005 by Payday and Wages Due Lesbians, 30 September 2005 |
| Mehmet Tarhan’s statement at his trial Sivas, 4 August 2005 |
| “Pride in Refusing to Kill” Report of London, New York & Venice protests, 12 July 2005 |
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Payday Action Alert 3, 28 June 2005 |
| Mehmet Tarhan’s lawyer’s statement , 17 June 2005 |
| Letter of Stephen Funk in support of Mehmet, 10 June 2005 |
| Gay Jailed and Beaten In Turkish Military Prison UK Gay News, 1 June 2005 |
| Interview with Mehmet Tarhan, May 26 2005 |
| MEPs intervene in support of Mehmet, 25 May 2005 |
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The Right to
Conscientious Objection in Europe: A review of the current
situation: TURKEY |
| Interview with Mehmet Tarhan, LGBT documentary, 2002 |
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