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UGA A/A44/43/1/9/2/2
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Appendix 2: Press Statement of the Democracy Platform dated of 27/05/1993
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- 1993/05/27-1993/09/23 (Creation)
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7pp
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27 May 1993 press statement (in Turkish with English translation) signed by Sedat Aslantaş and other members of the Democracy Platform human rights advocacy group in Diyarbakır. The release strongly condemned killings, village burning, and evacuations carried out by state forces. As a result of the press release, Aslantaş and other members of the Democracy Platform were charged with violating Article 8 of the Turkish Anti-Terror Law, which prohibited written and spoken propaganda, meetings, assemblies and demonstrations aimed at undermining the territorial integrity of the Republic or the indivisible unity of the nation. Attached is a copy of the ruling charging the signers.
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Turkish