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From Women to Public: Supreme Court of Appeals Reversed the Judgement!
With a final court decision dated 22.10.2007, the 9th Penalty Unit of Supreme Court of Appeals decided to reverse the judgement in the case Eren Keskin was tried under Turkish Criminal Code’s Clause 301. This case grounded The Solidarity with Eren Keskin Campaign which is conducted by Women Solidarity Network. Eren Keskin was retried at Kartal 3rd District Criminal Court on 26.12.2007. The second trial will be held on 07.02.2008 at 09:30.
The founder of the Legal Aid Office for the Victims of Sexual Harassment and Rape in Custody, Eren Keskin delivered a speech in 2002 at a conference in Cologne, Germany under the theme “Women’s Rights are Human Rights”. In this speech, she shared incidents of violence originating in action of the state with the public. As a result of this speech, a case was opened by Kartal 3rd District Criminal Court against her with the charge of “insulting the moral character of the military” according to the Turkish Criminal Code’s Clause 301. In March 2006, at the conclusion of the trial, Eren Keskin was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment. The court, however, converted the sentence into a fine of 6000 YTL. Keskin, whose right to free speech has violated, declared that she refuses to buy her freedom. After this declaration, the initiation came together under the name of The Women in Solidarity with Eren Keskin Network conducted a campaign between April andJune2006. The campaign which is available on the net at www.erenkeskinedestek.org protests the court’s verdict and invites all the authorized institutions to take a stance on the side of democracy, freedom of speech and women’s rights. At the end of the campaign over ten thousand petition signatures and 7000 YTL which will provide the sentence fine in case Eren Keskin is put in jail, have been collected.
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The Women in Solidarity with Eren Keskin Network
Violence against women, while it continues in Turkey as in the whole world,
will ever be challenged by women who unyieldingly continue to raise their voices
and speak out against violence.
The founder of the Legal Aid Office for the Victims of Sexual Harassment and
Rape in Custody, Eren Keskin, who has never shrunk from denouncing violence
against women, delivered a speech in 2002 at a conference in Cologne, Germany
under the theme “Women’s Rights are Human Rights”. In this speech, she
shared incidents of violence originating in action of the state with the public.
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To the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Turkey,
We the undersigned:
Protest the trial and sentencing to 10 months imprisonment of human rights activist Eren Keskin of the Legal Aid Office for the Victims of Sexual Harassment and Rape in Custody for the stated crime of “insulting the moral character of the military” as a result of information she disclosed to the public.
We request:
- The lifting of all restriction on free speech and legal barriers to its exercise,
- The opening of all work aimed at exposing violence against women,
- The examination of the results of the project founded and run by Eren Keskin and the punishment of perpetrators of sexual harassment and rape in custody as well as full redress for all grievances of women having suffered this treatment.
- We also call on members of the Court of Appeal to take a stance on the side of democracy and freedom of speech and overturn the sentence imposed on Eren Keskin.
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| Give 1 YTL for Woman and Human Rights!!! |
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7000
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If the of the Court of Appeal affirms the decision about Eren Keskin, 6000 YTL, which is an exchange for expression of ideas, will be collected from the individuals as 1 YTL coins. If the Court of Appeal overrules the decision, the amount collected in the campaign will be transferred to the Human Rights Association to be used in their studies.
To join the campaign, please apply to Human Rights Associations in the cities. |
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erenkeskinedestek@gmail.com
Tel&Fax: 0 212 245 45 93 – 0212 245 45 94
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