Önder Dolutas, who was imprisoned and threatened with deportation was released on October 8, 2008. Please find below his message to the international public awareness.
To the international public acknowledgement
I was released yesterday from Rohbach Prison at where I had been detained since 23 May 2008. I had to wait for the legal process to be completed for 4.5 months without the fundamental human right, the right of freedom. This extradition case was brought against me as a result of arbitrary and inconceivable policy of the German authorities. By doing so, the German authorities in fact acted in a way that does not conform to international conventions undersigned by their selves.
The ironic point of this process is that I was arrested and tried to be extradited to Turkey on the basis of exactly same reasons and documents upon which I was granted refugee status by Britain. In recent years, we witnessed and continue to witness that a growing number of refugees from Turkey are arrested and tried by either Germany or any other EU member state upon extradition request of Turkey. Those should not be considered as exceptional cases. In fact it is a clear sign of systematic and organized policy of EU that aims to wipe out basic human rights provided by 1951 Geneva Convention. I believe this anti-democratic policy can only be prevented by organized and united stand.
In this sense, I would like to thank all organizations and individuals that during this period, demonstrated continuous support and that strived to build up organized stand and to realize the slogan of “Unity-Struggle-Victory”.
Onder Dolutas
9. Oktober 2008, Frankfurt
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