28th of May 2012, Başak
Şahin Duman was arrested
while entering Croatia
on the basis of an
international arrest warrant issued
by the Turkey
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. Başak is former medical student and long
time student activist. She was arrested in 2004. in Ankara, on
student protest against new Turkish „anti-terrorist“ laws that
allows conviction for terrorism for every kind of activism that
includes critics of government [Amnesty Internationala on "antiterrorist" law].
Paradoxically Başak, along with 46 more
students was charged by the same law, in process know as “Process
46”, and in 2010 convicted on 6 years and 3 months of jail for
terrorism! Because of that process, the Turkey Republic was sued to
the European Court of
Human Rights
(procedure 71667/11.) It is important to say that the only evidence
of “terrorist” activities is that convicted students were
chanting slogans on protest, which is openly stated in the judgment.
Like
many others in this process, Başak moved from Turkey to Germany, she got married there and she lives
and works as a translator of English and Spanish in Frankfurt am
Main. Başak has
regulated permanent
residence in Germany,
and has never had
a problem because of the process, either in Germany, or
in any other country.
Many of her
colleagues who
have been convicted in
the same case
were given political
asylum in France,
Germany, Switzerland
and other countries.
She was arrested in Zagreb on
an Interpol arrest
warrant that was
issued recently
and of which
she was not aware of.
Başak is
now in extradition
custody in
Remetinec jail in Zagreb and she is threatened by extradition to Turkey, country
with the largest number
of political prisoners [1],
by far with the largest
number of journalists
imprisoned for
what they wrote [1] and a country where
torture in
prisons more
the rule than
the exception [Reports of Human Rights Organization and Report to the European Parliament]. Başak was already tortured when she was arrested in Turkey.
Although
Croatia by the Constitution and laws should not extradite her to a
country where she will be tortured or persecuted for her beliefs,
legal confusion
in the Croatian legislation
allows Croatia to violate even the international
treaties on extradition [1].
Başak also have a right to seek asylum, that is, protection of
Croatia of persecution
in the country whose
citizen she is. She
asked for it
but airport police told her, unlawfully, that you can not seek an
asylum in Croatia! Başak now
has a lawyer
who will
submit a
request for
asylum and objection
to the decision on
detention, but
the result is still
uncertain.
Freedom for Başak!
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