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News Service 30/96
AI INDEX: EUR 44/28 /96
19 FEBRUARY 1996


TURKEY: CORRECTION TO PUBLIC MISREPRESENTATION OF AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL~S POSITION ON LEYLA ZANA, IMPRISONED KURDISH
FORMER PARLIAMENTARY DEPUTY

A misunderstanding seems to have given rise to a
misrepresentation of Amnesty International~s position on the
imprisonment of Leyla Zana, Kurdish former parliamentary
deputy, in an article by Ahmet Sever which appeared in the
Turkish daily Milliyet (Nationhood) on 16 February 1996.

      Amnesty International has never stated that Leyla Zana
~is not a prisoner of conscience~. The human rights
organization has not published or otherwise announced any
such conclusion.

      The article refers to replies given by Amnesty
International representatives to the British member of
parliament Richard Balfe, and to the Danish newspaper
Information. In both replies it was made clear that Amnesty
International has not yet completed its investigation of  the
proceedings brought against her and her fellow imprisoned
deputies.

ENDS\






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