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  • Please remove the Turkish flag in your media kit

    Please remove the Turkish flag in your media kit

    sacrified survivorsDear Editor,

    Placement of Turkish flag in your piece on 9/11, its dvd cover, posters, and other media items, if not based on ignorance or disinformation, can only reflect your prejudice against Turkey and Turks.

    Please remove the Turkish flag from your artwork. Turkey or Turks have nothing to do with El Qaeda or other terrorist organizations who deliberatelly misuse Islam as a cover for their crimes against humanity.

    Truth should be plain enough to make an impact on decent people, without having to rely on tools of prejudice and hate towards Turks, that unfortunately seems to still be cultuivated in some Christian circles.

    I trust you will do the right thing.

    Thank you

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  • A PUBLIC PETITION TO THE SWISS GOVERMENT FOR TANGIBLE PROOF OR OTHERWISE

    A PUBLIC PETITION TO THE SWISS GOVERMENT FOR TANGIBLE PROOF OR OTHERWISE

    WE THE UNDERSIGNED, SIGN A PETITION AGAINST A PAROCHIAL SWISS LAW PERTAINING TO SO CALLED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND ITS PUBLIC DENIAL THEREOF.  THE SAID SWISS LAW IS WITHOUT INTERNATIONAL LEGAL BASIS AND RESTRICTIVE ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND LAWFUL EXPRESSION, ACCORDINGLY UNTRIED AND UNTESTED BY INTERNATIONAL LEGAL BODIES; INCLUDING UNITED NATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

    THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST THE BIASED AND RACIST SWISS LAW, GIVEN THAT ITS PAROCHIAL NATURE IS IMMORAL, AGAINST THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF 1948, EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF 1950, INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS OF 1966  AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OF ALSO 1966 AND THE CLEAR REJECTION OF ARMENIAN CLAIMS BY THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE 15th OF OCTOBER, 2000.

    WE SUBMIT OUR PROTEST AGAINST SAID SWISS LAW AS EUROPEAN AND FREE WORLD CITIZENS, IN GOOD FAITH, ON OUR FREE WILL AND WITHOUT ANY UNDUE INFLUENCE FROM ANY PARTY. WE SEEK IMMEDIATE REPEAL FOR THIS INHUMANE AND RACIST LAW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS AND SUBMIT A POCKET GUIDE FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT.

    This Petition is closed

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  • RELEASE MORDECHAI VANUNU

    RELEASE MORDECHAI VANUNU

    VANUNUTargeting: Barack Obama (President, USA), Rt Hon David Cameron (Prime Minister, UK) and Binyamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister, Israel)
    Started by: Gail Vaughn

    The following letter has been sent by Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate, and Gerry Grehan, Chair of the Peace People, Northern Ireland, to President Barak Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, other world leaders and prominent personalities, to ask for their help in obtaining the lifting of all restrictions on Mordechai Vanunu and for him to be granted freedom to leave Israel.

    Please express your support for this letter by signing this petition.

    28 July 2010

    We are writing to you on behalf of a good man, a man of peace and conscience, who was returned to prison for three months on 23 May 2010.

    He was released from prison on Sunday 8 August 2010.  We need your support to help gain his freedom from Israel.

    He is Mordechai Vanunu the Israeli nuclear whistle blower.  In October l986, Vanunu told the world that Israel had a Nuclear Weapons Programme.  He was kidnapped and given 18 years imprisonment for espionage and treason.  Twenty four years later he continues to be punished.  In the Jewish Scriptures there is great emphasis on justice and freedom.   He served the full 18 years of his sentence (twelve years in solitary confinement, described by Amnesty International as “cruel, inhuman and degrading”).  Upon his release, the Israeli Government put severe restrictions upon him, including forbidding him to leave Israel and speak to the foreign media.  It was the breaking of these restrictions, in summer 2004, by speaking to the foreign media, (mainly a long interview to the BBC), which resulted in his being returned to solitary confinement again this May.

    Last month Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience and called on the Israeli authorities to lift the restrictions immediately.  “The restrictions on Mordechai Vanunu arbitrarily limit his rights to freedom of movement, expression and association and are therefore in breach of international law.  They should be lifted and he should be allowed to start his life again as a free man.   Mordechai Vanunu should not be in prison at all, let alone be held in solitary confinement in a unit intended for violent criminals.   He suffered immensely when he was held in solitary confinement for 11 years after his imprisonment in 1986 and to return him to such conditions now is nothing less than cruel, inhuman or degrading.”  18 June 2010 Amnesty International

    Yet, when he is released from prison he will still have to remain in Israel and the restrictions will be reviewed and probably renewed yet again, as they have been renewed each year for the past 6 years.

    Vanunu is seen as a traitor by some, a hero by others.   One thing is clear, he has been punished and served the full sentence and it is time after 24 years to do the human thing and let him live as a free man.

    The Israeli Supreme Court continues to accept the Secret Services’ claims that he still has secrets, but a report by Reuters, 20 December 2009, shows that he does not :

    ” … Yet Uzi Eilam, a retired army brigadier-general who ran the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission between 1976 and 1986, said anything that Vanunu — a cause célèbre among disarmament campaigners — might still disclose about Dimona is of little relevance. “I’ve always believed he should be let go,” said Eilam.

    “I don’t think he has significant things to reveal (about Dimona) now.”

    However, we believe that he will be free and our hope is that you will in some way facilitate his early release which would be welcomed by a world waiting and watching for a peaceful and secure future for Israel and its people.    We would greatly appreciate your advising us of any action you take – info@peacepeople.com.

    Shalom,
    Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate
    Gerry Grehan, Chair of the Peace People

    Vanunu has been nominated year after year for the Nobel Peace Prize.

    The many prominent names who have called for his release and respect of his human rights over the last 24 years include:

    The late Nobel Laureates Joseph Rotblat and Harold Pinter; Nobel Laureates Former President Jimmy Carter; Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Mary Ellen McNish (on behalf of AFSC); Betty Williams; Adolfo Perez Esquival; Rigoberta Menchu; Shirin Ebadi; Wangari Maathai; Mairead Maguire; John Hume

    Kidnap victims Brian Keenan; Anthony Gray

    Politicians and human rights activists: the late Robin Cook, former UK Foreign Secretary; former Israeli Minister Shulamit Aloni; Helen Bamber; Simon Hughes; Daniel Elsberg; Bruce Kent; Noam Chomsky; Rabbi Philip Bentley (USA); Michael Mansfield QC; Dr Paul Oestreicher; Baroness Helena Kennedy QC; Tariq Ali; Jeremy Corbyn; Ken Livingstone; Ben Birnberg; David Goldberg QC; Alex Salmund

    Actors, writers, musicians and artists:  Emma Thompson; Julie Christie; Susannah York; Vanessa Redgrave; the late Corin Redgrave; Yoko Ono; Bono; Peter Gabriel; the late Graham Greene; the late Yehudi Menuhin; Janet Suzman; Gilad Atzmon; Richard Hamilton; Michael Rosen; David Gilmore; Benjamin Zephaniah, Alexie Sayle; Maggie Hambling; Tom Conti; Simon Callow; Jeremy Hardy; Miriam Margolyes; Prunella Scales; Arnold Wesker; John Williams; Roger Lloyd-Pack; Christopher Logue; the late Adrian Mitchell

    Journalists:  Andrew Neil; Jon Snow; John Pilger; Robert Fisk; Duncan Campbell; Victoria Brittain; Richard Norton-Taylor

  • Foreign Ministers of the OIC countries recognize Khojaly massacre as a crime against humanity

    Foreign Ministers of the OIC countries recognize Khojaly massacre as a crime against humanity

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    A resolution was adopted today on the activities of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC) at the final plenary meeting of the 37th session of the Islamic Council of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) held on 18-20 May 2010, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The resolution calls on the OIC Member States and the OIC institutions to actively participate in the activities of the “Justice for Khojaly” international civil awareness campaign and recognition of the Khojaly mass massacre as a “crime against humanity” in both international and national levels. 

    The document praises the work of the Forum, particularly the implementation of the program “Humanitarian catastrophes in the OIC countries throughout the XX century”, carried out together with ISESCO. The resolution also calls on Member-states to support the international campaign of “Justice for Khojaly” initiated by Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva, the General Coordinator on Intercultural Dialogue of ICYF-DC to disseminate the truth on Khojaly mass massacre among the international community. 

    “This is the first resolution, in which Ministers of foreign affairs from 57 countries, which came together in the second largest international organization after the United Nations, unambiguously voted for resolution using the term ‘crime against humanity’ as a definition and declared their position for the historical truth on Khojaly tragedy. The term has both political and international law components. It is being considered one of serious violations of the international humanitarian law, including genocide” said the Secretary General of ICYF-DC Ambassador Elshad Iskandarov who participated at the ICFM session in Dushanbe as a head of delegation. 

    “The facts that the document was adopted by the experts of foreign ministers of Member states and then by ministers with consensus is an indication of increasing confidence of the true nature of Khojaly genocide by the OIC. The current document assesses the Khojaly tragedy as the resolution adopted by Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member-states in January 2010 which creates a solid political and legal framework for the recognition of Khojaly mass massacre as a crime against humanity and to raise the issue of recognition in international level” mentioned E. Iskandarov while commenting the adopted resolution.

      

    “Effective actions of the “Justice for Khojaly” campaign initiated and consistently coordinated by General Coordinator of the Forum Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva played important role in the formation of such a position of 57 OIC Member States. The resolution highly appreciated the work of the campaign and the Member States are called upon to actively participate in the campaign”, Secretary General of the ICYF-DC said.

      

    The international civil awareness campaign “Justice for Khojaly” was launched in 2009 and was presented in more than 35 countries including OIC, European and Latin American countries. 

    Justice for Khojaly campaign 

    To be part of global awareness campaign and to have your voice heard at the highest political level visit:

    It takes just a few second to send Petition to Wrold leader to ask them to recognize this tragedy as crime against humanity:

     

  • US Congress panel ‘Armenian genocide’ vote wrong

    US Congress panel ‘Armenian genocide’ vote wrong

    Baroness Sarah Ludford Ingiliz Liberal Party Avrupa Milletvekili – soyledikleri cok guzelkendisine tesekkur edelim assagidaki yazisi icin (emaili var)

    Haluk
    Turkish Forum, Ingiltere

    YONETIM KURULU ADINA

    —–Original Message——————————————————————————————
    From: Sarah Ludford MEP (Lon) <Office@sarahludfordmep.org.uk>
    To: grassroots@turkishnews.com; turkish-forum-advisory-board@googlegroups.com

    Sent: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:02
    Subject: US Congress panel ‘Armenian genocide’ vote wrong
    liberal democrats

    NEWS RELEASE

    BARONESS SARAH LUDFORD

    MEP Liberal Democrat MEP for London

    www.sarahludfordmep.org.uk

    Date: Monday 8 March 2010

    Contact:

    Sarah Ludford or Sonia Dunlop +44 (0)20 7288 2526 or Mobile +44 (0)7970 795 278

    Email: office@sarahludfordmep.org.uk

    US Congress panel ‘Armenian genocide’ vote wrong

    London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, the party’s European justice & human rights spokeswoman and vice-chair of the European Parliament delegation to the United States, has strongly criticised the vote by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives to label the treatment of Armenians in 1915 as ‘genocide’.

    She said:   “Both the US and the EU have backed the welcome moves to set up a joint commission of historians from Turkey and Armenia to try and establish the truth about the tragic and large-scale wartime deaths almost a century ago. It makes no sense for outsiders in Europe or America to wade in with hobnail boots and prejudge the outcome of that sensitive exercise.”

    “That there were deportations which entailed atrocities and deaths of many Christian Armenians is not in doubt. But the precise actions, the 1915 war context, and the extent of reciprocal killings of Muslim Turks all need to be better understood.”

    “The term genocide has a very narrow meaning under the 1948 Convention: the deliberate intent to destroy an ethnic, national, racial or religious group. It is deeply irresponsible to use that term without establishing the full facts about the Armenian case and to leave the suspicion that politics or even religious prejudice is a motive.

    That is why as an MEP I have always refused to define the events of 1915 and preferred to await the conclusion of honest and objective research. That is not a cop-out, it is acting with integrity.”

    “The Congressional vote was won by the narrowest of margins, 23 to 22. I hope that in those circumstances wisdom will prevail, with Congressmen heeding the call of President Obama and Secretary Clinton not to progress this to a vote of the full House.”

    END

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    The Right Honourable
    Sarah, Lady Ludford
    MEP
    225px Sarah Ludford MEP at Bournemouth
    Member of the European Parliament
    for London
    Incumbent
    Assumed office
    1999
    Born 14 March 1951 (1951-03-14) (age 58)
    Nationality British
    Political party Liberal Democrat
    Spouse(s) Steve Hitchins
    Alma mater London School of Economics

    Sarah Ann Ludford, Baroness Ludford (born 14 March 1951) is a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament and a nonvoting member of the House of Lords (where her voting membership is suspended during her MEP tenure).

    She was made a Life peer as Baroness Ludford, of Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington in 1997.

    A former councillor in the London Borough of Islington, and married to the former leader of the council, Steve Hitchins, she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the European Parliament election, 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and in 2009 representing London.

    Because of the change in the rules of the European Parliament, she is not entitled to sit in the Lords due to her re-election to the European Parliament in the 2009 election. In October 2008, Parliament’s rules were changed so that if a member of the Lords were elected as an MEP, their right to sit and vote in the Lords would be suspended. This satisfies the new European Parliament rules and hence, Lady Ludford, the only person to whom this applies, is not allowed to vote in the Lords while an MEP.

    She is a member of the Liberal Democrat groups Friends of Israel and Friends of Turkey.

    [edit] External links

    • Sarah Ludford MEP official site
    • Sarah Ludford profile at the European Parliament
    • Sarah Ludford profile at the site of the Liberal Democrats

    Ludford: Senatonun Kararı ‘Korkunç’

    Avrupa Parlamentosu Üyesi İngiliz Milletvekili Sarah Ludford, ABD Temsilciler Meclisi Dış İlişkiler Komisyonu’nun Aldığı Kararı Eleştirdi. Kararın Yanlış Olduğunu Söyleyen Sarah Ludford, “Türkiye Ve Ermenistan Bu Olayın Araştırılması Için Bir Tarih Komisyonunun Kurulması Konusunda Anlaşmışken, Soykırım Iddialarını Yargılamak Ne ABD Ne De AB’nin Işi Olmalı.” Dedi.

    1915 Yıllarında Büyük Toplulukların Göçe Zorlandığı Bir Sırada Acı Ölümlerin Yaşandığını Belirten Ludford, “Bu Sırada Çok Sayıda Hıristiyan Ermeni’nin Öldüğünden Hiç Kimsenin Şüphesi Yok. Ancak 1915 Olayları Daha İyi Analiz Edildiğinde Müslüman Türklerin Öldürülmesi Olayının Da Anlaşılması Gerekiyor.” Ifadesini Kullandı.

    Soykırım Sözünün 1948 Konvansiyonu’na Göre Çok Net Bir Anlamı Olduğunu Sözlerine Ekleyen Ludford, Bir Milleti, Irkı Ya Da Dini Bir Grubu Kasten Ve Sistematik Bir Şekilde Ortadan Kaldırma Durumunda Ancak Soykırımdan Bahsedilebileceğini Söyledi. 1915 Yılındaki Ermeni Iddialarını Araştırmadan Ve Konuyu Bilmeden Bu Sözcüğü Kullanmanın Tam Bir ‘Sorumsuzluk’ Olduğunu Vurgulayan Ludford, “Bir Milletvekili Olarak Ben Bu Yüzden Her Zaman 1915 Olaylarını ‘Soykırım’ Olarak Adlandırmaktan Kaçındım Ve Bu Konudaki Bağımsız Araştırmaların Sonucunu Bekledim. Bu Sorumluluktan Kaçma Ya Da Bir Uydurma Değil. Bu Dürüst Olmak Demektir.” Diye Konuştu.

    Dış İlişkiler Komisyonu’nun Bir Oy Farkla Bu Kararı Aldığını Hatırlatan Ludford, Sağ Duyunun Galip Gelmesini, Kongre Üyelerinin ABD Başkanı Barack Obama Ve Dışişleri Bakanı Hillary Clinton Ile Birlikte Bu Tasarıyı Temsilciler Meclisi’ne Gelmesini Engellemeyi Umduğunu Dile Getirdi.
  • BTF Türk Kızlarının Eğitimi İçin facebook’ta

    BTF Türk Kızlarının Eğitimi İçin facebook’ta

    Anadolu’da bir kiz ogrenci yurdu yaptirma projesi

    TurkKizlarinaDestek

    [19 January at 20:54

    Haluk bey,

    Bize yardim edebilir misiniz? Su asadaki mesaji Turkish Forum gruba uye olanlari yoliyabilirseniz, cok cok memnun oluruz.

    Saygiler,
    Lynn Eser

    —

    Degerli Arkadaslar,

    Facebook üzerinde dünya çapinda yapilan ve 1 milyon dolar ödüllü yarismada Anadolu’da bir kiz ogrenci yurdu yaptirma projesi ile temsil ediliyoruz.

    22 Ocak Cuma günü tamamlanacak olan yarismada sadece 1 dakikanizi ayirip asagidaki linkten oyunuzu kullanarak Türkiyemize destek olabilirsiniz.

    Linke tikladik…tan sonra yapmaniz gerekenler;

    * Chase uygulamasinin yüklenmesine izin verin.

    * Chase sayfasi için “Become a fan” (Hayrani Ol) linkine tiklayin.

    * “Vote for Charity” (Dernege Oy Ver) linkine tiklayin.

    Oylama linki;

    Daha detayli bilgi almak için;

    Bu mesaji bütün arkadaslarinizla paylasabilirseniz seviniriz.