Palestinian training camps prepare for attacks on Israeli oppressors 'IT'S NOT TRUE that we have tortured to death seventy prisoners — it's only fifteen', said a cynical spokesperson for military junta response to an Amnesty International report on human rights in Turkey.
This grisly admission is part of a growing calalogue human rights perpetrated by the junta. On Wednesday 24 February, 44 intellectuals and professional people associated with the Turkish Peace Committee were arrested by the military junta.
Among those arrested was Orhan Apaydin, President of the Istanbul Bar Association and the most famous lawyer in Turkey. Apaydin is also chief defence counsel for the 52 DISK trade unien leaders currently on trial for their lives in a converted sports stadium in Istanbul.
The DISK frame-up. Declaring the trial to be held in 'war conditions' the junta's judicial representatives have placed impossible restrictions on the detence. which started three months ago, has been temporarily suspended with only half the 800 page indictment read Claiming that DISK is 'not a trade union organisation' which is guilty of 'brainwashing the workers and making them slaves of socialist thought', ment charges DISK workers to go on strike' as a result of which 'some employers had to take their capital outside Turkey secretly' (!)
The aim of the trial is the total dismantling of independent working class organisation 'Reaganomic' austerity programme. It is increasingly clear that justice for the 52 DISK leaders depends on international abour movement action on a massive scale.
The forthcoming speaking tour by DISK and other trade unionists organis 'THANK YOU Grenada. We will never let you the Turkish week in of crimes against trial has been a total The trial days. The high For more information:
Marxist-Leninist the indict'forcing Last Wednesday students held deported back to Iran.
to facilitate the junta's Turkey visiting Iran.
Further ed by the Turkey Solidarity Campaign should be used to get the message across in the British trade union movement. The tour will be in London on 25 March Glasgow 26 March, Edinburgh 27 Mar ch, Manchester 29 March, Newcastle and Leeds 30 March, Oxford and Sheffield 31 March and then London for two more the rally at the TU Con Thursday April.
TSC, BM Box 5965, London WCIN 3XX March 40 people possibility of 27 in Turkish jails being They were arrested last October for demonstrating against the Khomeini regime.
Last year the Philippines deported students back to Iran and 8 were ex. ecuted on arrival at the airport. At present there is a high level delegation from Which makes the possibility of deportation more likely.
• info from Iran Solidarity, BM Box 4344 London WCIN 3XX.
to applause It is not enough just said. 'The Cubans were also say ing "Thank you Grenada. . We will never let you down.
Grenadan High Commissioner Fennis Augustine, discussei Grenada's foreiar policy. This is an internationalist policy, bas ed on support for th rights of the oppressec and exploited through the Augustine singled out peoples fighting I in the Americas for their liber ation, the black fighters Soutl Africa and Namibia the Polisario Front in Morocco and the Palestinians inst grenada the threats against there had been a few carrots offered he said Grenada would com promise its. principles Grenada's reply, he add ed, is obvious This determination to stand up to imper. ialism was reinforced as the rally ended to Ever Backward Never 'Forward Ever, and internationalist slogans.
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