RAN 23/13 – Berktay & Zarakolu
Schrijfster, vertaalster en activiste Ayşe Berktay en vertaler Deniz Zarakolu, zitten twee jaar na cialis hun arrestatie nog steeds in voorarrest.
PEN International is diep bezorgd door de weigering van het Hof in Istanbul, Ayşe Berktay vrij te laten: zij zit in voorarrest hangende het onderzoek naar de Koerdische Communities Union (KCK). PEN International schrijft hierover:
Berktay is on trial on what PEN International believes to be trumped-up charges of ‘membership of a terrorist organisation’ and ‘making propaganda for a terrorist organisation’. Arrested as part of the same investigation in October 2011 is translator and PhD candidate Deniz Zarakolu, who is charged with ‘leadership of a terrorist organisation’ and who also remains in pre-trial detention. PEN International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of both writers, neither of whom have any material links to terrorism or the plotting of violent acts, and the dropping of all charges against them.
PEN International roept op hierover in actie te komen.