Arturo Salerni, a lawyer who served as the leader of the Italian Union for Civil Liberties and Rights and leader Abdullah Öcalan during his stay in Italy (1998-1999), will represent ANHA on the occasion of the anniversary of the International Union for Civil Liberties and Human Rights. I told the store. February 15th Conspiracy.
Arturo Salerni said he learned about the Kurdish struggle when he was a lawyer for leader Abdullah Öcalan. “During his stay in Rome, Abdullah Öcalan enjoyed great sympathy and great solidarity from the Italian people, whose sympathy for the Kurds in particular increased even more with the Rojava Revolution.”
“Despite the opposition of Italy and Turkey, the Roman court granted him asylum.”
Arturo Salerni explained that the leader of Öcalan was working on the issue of political asylum while in Italy and was following up on the case. “After Mr. Öcalan left Italy and was extradited to Turkey, a court in Rome ruled that he was granted political asylum,” he said.
Salerni pointed out that the Roman court granted political asylum to the leader despite the opposition of the Italian and Turkish governments, and revealed that he had undertaken legal efforts to take further steps in accordance with the decision. I made it.
Arturo Salerni said he had repeatedly called on the Italian government and parliament to take diplomatic steps to protect leader Abdullah Öcalan, citing his right to seek asylum, and continued his speech by saying: . Italy has a commission that demands implementation of court decisions in such cases, and similar measures must be taken for the freedom of Öcalan, a famous popular leader. ”
Arturo Salerni pointed out that Italy must comply with its responsibilities related to the court’s decision on the right to asylum, which cannot be reversed. He concluded his speech by saying: “The conditions of Abdullah Öcalan’s detention and his isolation are completely inconsistent with the standards of imprisonment and protection guaranteed to detainees by the European Convention on Human Rights.”
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