Hywel Williams MP has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament entitled the Imprisonment of Abdullah Ocalan. The full text can be seen below along with the MPs who have so far signed the EDM - 12 in total.Dear
I am contacting you to ask you to sign EDM 396: Imprisonment of Abdullah Ocalan (full text below), which has been tabled by Hywel Williams MP. I am incredibly concerned about the situation and as my elected representative I ask that you sign this EDM to highlight these issues.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes,
EDM 396
IMPRISONMENT OF ABDULLAH OCALAN
8.12.09
That this House acknowledges the inhumane conditions of imprisonment endured by Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan under solitary confinement since 1999 on the Imrali island prison in the Mamara sea, Turkey; regrets Ocalan's deleterious mental and physical condition suffered as a result of his inhumane conditions of imprisonment since that time; notes that these conditions have included allegations in 1997 of heavy metal poisoning and that the existence of exceptionally high levels of heavy metals in Ocalan's blood was evidenced by laboratory reports and confirmed by the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT); supports the findings of the CPT that Ocalan's conditions of imprisonment contravene international law on the rights of the prisoner, and the CPT's recommendations that Ocalan be moved; further regrets that in moving Ocalan to a new prison, Turkey has provided conditions of imprisonment significantly worse than before; further notes the new conditions of imprisonment including the fact that the cell is half the size of that in which he was previously held and lacks air circulation, thus causing Ocalan severe breathing difficulties and loss of bodily functions; further notes reports from Ocalan and his lawyers that the current conditions are seriously deleterious to his health and life; urges the UK Government to request the CPT urgently to conduct a visit and inspection; and further urges the UK Government to put the utmost diplomatic pressure on Turkey to provide humane conditions of imprisonment to Ocalan.
That this House acknowledges the inhumane conditions of imprisonment endured by Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan under solitary confinement since 1999 on the Imrali island prison in the Mamara sea, Turkey; regrets Ocalan's deleterious mental and physical condition suffered as a result of his inhumane conditions of imprisonment since that time; notes that these conditions have included allegations in 1997 of heavy metal poisoning and that the existence of exceptionally high levels of heavy metals in Ocalan's blood was evidenced by laboratory reports and confirmed by the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT); supports the findings of the CPT that Ocalan's conditions of imprisonment contravene international law on the rights of the prisoner, and the CPT's recommendations that Ocalan be moved; further regrets that in moving Ocalan to a new prison, Turkey has provided conditions of imprisonment significantly worse than before; further notes the new conditions of imprisonment including the fact that the cell is half the size of that in which he was previously held and lacks air circulation, thus causing Ocalan severe breathing difficulties and loss of bodily functions; further notes reports from Ocalan and his lawyers that the current conditions are seriously deleterious to his health and life; urges the UK Government to request the CPT urgently to conduct a visit and inspection; and further urges the UK Government to put the utmost diplomatic pressure on Turkey to provide humane conditions of imprisonment to Ocalan.
