Can Felons Own Bows In Colorado

Liguria Italy: men at risk of torture if they return to Turkey


Amnesty

the appeal Released: 01.04.2010

Avni Er, turkish citizen held in Italy, is at risk of forced return to Turkey where they may face torture or other ill-treatment.

Avni Er is currently being held in a Center for identification and expulsion (CIE) in the city of Bari His lawyers have lodged an appeal against the refusal of his application for asylum and international protection. The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Italian authorities not to proceed with the expulsion of Avni Er until the first instance decision on his request for asylum and international protection has been taken. His lawyers have asked the Court to extend the order until the decision on the appeal. In any case, there is a risk that the authorities Italian to proceed with the expulsion of Avni Er, before the appeal will be discussed.

Avni Er, who left Turkey in 1982 at the age of 11 years and there has never returned, was arrested on 1 April 2004 under an international police force against people suspected of crimes terrorism. He was convicted in December 2006 by a court of Assizes of Perugia for his membership in illegal organization Party-Front Revolutionary People's Liberation (DHKP-c) and sentenced to seven years in prison and deportation. In April 2007 the Turkish authorities have requested the extradition of Er in Turkey for its membership in the DHKP-C. The request was rejected by the authorities Italian for the risk that Er was tried twice for the same offense. In any case, the proceedings against Er are still pending in Turkey. Amnesty International believes that Avni Er is subjected to torture or other ill-treatment and an unfair trial if deported to Turkey, as happened to other members of the DHKP-C who were tortured and abused in recent years.

Under the international law principle of non-refoulement, Italy should not refer anyone to a country which could face torture or other ill-treatment or any other kind of violation of human rights.







Mail to be sent to the Minister of the Interior





Interior Minister Roberto Maroni


Palace Interior Ministry of the Interior Ministry of the Interior Ministry
Square, 1
00184 Rome, Italy
Fax: + 39 06 46549832
Email: @ liberta.civiliimmigrazione interno.it

Gentile Minister, we

supporters of Amnesty International, the international organization that since 1961 worked to defend human rights around the world where they are violated.

we ask you not to forcibly return Avni Er in Turkey, where it could be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment, as this would violate the obligations of the Italian state of compliance with the principle of international law known as non-refoulement.

Thank you for your attention.