What we have concluded, as you too can see, is that there has been no progress whatsoever in democratising the constitution and the penal code, parties such as the Communist party have been banned, the prison situation is festering, political prisoners are being treated inhumanely, new F-cells have been created for harsh, inhumane solitary confinement, lawyers who defend political prisoners are being humiliated, Kurdish villages in Iraq have again been bombed, more beatings have been carried out and arrests have been made in Diyarbakir, Istanbul and elsewhere for the events of 1 September, which is the international day of peace.
Nous constatons effectivement, et vous le voyez bien, l’absence du moindre progrès dans la démocratisation de la constitution et du code pénal, l’interdiction de partis comme le parti communiste, une situation intolérable dans les prisons, un traitement inhumain des citoyens emprisonnés, la création des cellules F d’isolement rigoureux et cruel, l’humiliation des avocats qui assurent la défense des détenus politiques, de nouveaux bombardements de villages kurdes en Iraq, encore des matraquages et des arrestations à Diyarbakir et à Istanbul lors des manifestations du 1er septembre, Journée internationale de la paix.