In both press statement, on 1st March 2007 Thursday, and application to IHD (Human Rights Association) Headquarters; Lawyers of Abdullah Ocalan (leader of PKK, Kurdistan Workers’ Party) claimed there are signs, which reached via analysis and tests on Ocalan’s hair, of poisoning. Ocalan’s defence team stated that samples of hair had been analysed in a medical institution, whose centre is in Oslo. The medical institution carried out toxicological analysis and test on the samples of hair. The lawyers said the tests and analysis showed that level of chromium and strontium in their client’s hair is too high than normal.
Distinguished Press Members,
As human rights defenders, we underline that human rights should be provided for everyone under any circumstances. Rights of life and health are the basic human rights. The recent claims regarding with Ocalan’s health condition is related with right of life/health and an important issue that might cause serious social-political incidents in society.
It is definite that issue is highly important and urgent one. It is necessary that claims should be investigated in a serious manner by State’s all institutions particularly the Government. The public should be informed about this issue as soon as possible. Regarding with this issue; an independent, impartial committee, which will carry out investigations and explain its results to the public should be composed.
Distinguished Press Members,
As it is mentioned in advanced, the claims regarding with Abdullah Ocalan’s health conditions are the matter of concern not only right of life/health but also public peace. We are in a period, on which there are attempts to increase tensions and provocations, so; the said claims should be clarified without much delay.
As human rights organizations, we will be the followers, pursuer of this issue of Abdullah Ocalan’s health conditions that closely related with right of life/health and social order. In this sense; we will make attempts by international human rights organizations. By this way, the issue will be followed by them in a close manner.
We repeat our demand for investigations by independent-impartial institutions of experts and call for everyone to act in a right-minded manner.