TURKEY: Conscientious objector İnan Suver ended
hunger strike
8 Sep 2010
War Resisters' International has been informed by
one of İnan Suver's lawyers
that he ended his hunger strike (on which we reported on 3 September -
see co-alert, 3 September 2010)
for health reasons. He does not intend to go on hunger strike again any
time soon.
İnan Suver
was detained in Istanbul on 5 August 2010 (see
co-alert, 6 August 2010),
and has been transferred to the military prison in Izmir on 23 August,
where he is presently being held in pre-trial detention. On 24 August,
he appeared in front of the Aegean Armed Forces Command Court. The Court
confirmed the charges of "infringement of leave" and ordered that
İnan Suver remain in
pre-trial detention. İnan Suver
restated his conscientious objection during the hearing.
According to information published by Amnesty
International, İnan Suver
has been convicted at least three times on charges of "desertion" and
served time in military prison.
İnan Suver reported that while serving his prison sentence for
desertion at Şirinyer Military Prison in İzmir he was repeatedly
severely beaten by prison guards. He has an outstanding sentence of 35
months from three previous convictions for "desertion".
As reported earlier,
İnan Suver declared his
conscientious objection in a letter to the military authorities in 2009.
War Resisters' International calls for letters of
support to İnan Suver:
İnan Suver
1. Sınıf Askeri Ceza ve Tutukevi Müdürlüğü
Buca – Şirinyer
İzmir
Turkey
War Resisters' International calls for letters of
protest to the Turkish authorities, and Turkish embassies abroad.
Presidency of the Turkish Republic: Fax
+90-312-4271330, email
cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr.
A protest email to the Turkish President Abdullah Gül can be sent at
http://wri-irg.org/node/10824.
War Resisters' International calls for the
immediate release of İnan Suver
and all other imprisoned conscientious objectors.
Andreas Speck
War Resisters' International
http://www.wri-irg.org/node/10895
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