Appeal for the international day of action 4.11.2006

No human beeing is illegal, Freedom for Erdogan E. ! Freedom for Dursun Güner!

Switzerland doesn't only integrate itsself in Europe by its repressive migration policies, no, it also takes the lead with an asylum law, that doesn't earn that expression any more. The repressive reason of state is in bloom, instead of talking about asylum, it talks about abuse, always trying to get as many people as possible expelled. Even extraditions to states that torture don't contradict the official Swiss policies. We have to show resistance against the repressive migration policies in Switzerland or in other countries of the European fort! If the governments of Europe all show the same oppinion and view of things, then it is even more necessary to establish a solidarity and resistance, way over the borders of the nations. We call out for protests and actions of resistance infront of Swiss embassies, consulate buildings and institutions!

Extradition to a State that uses torture?

The concrete background of the day of action is the feared expulsion of a political refugee to Turkey, who has lived in Switzerland for 9 years. Turkey is in the early stages of becoming an EU member and discovers new methods of persecution of oppositionell people who have fled. International warrants of arrest get written out, or the turkish authorities direcly demand for expulsions, such in the case of Erdogan Elmas. Erdogan participated in revolutionary fights in Turkey, fled as a 16-year old to Switzerland as a result of imprisonment and torture of his closest environment. Such a past would actually lead to asylum immediately, Erdogan was accepted temporarily. 9 years later he gets taken into a expulsion arrest because Turkey claims he killed a police man. Erdogan denies the accusation and all testimonies were demonstrably due of torture. The Swiss Federal Judiciary Office still recommands his expulsion to Turkey, which means a disobedience to the anti torture convention. The decision belonging Erdogan now remains in the hands of the Swiss federal court.A simular case is the one of Dursun Güner. Turkey enacted a international warrant of arrest, and even though he recieved asylum in Switzerland and Italy, the German authorities arrested him when he was passed the German border. He has been in arrest in Lörrach (near to the Swiss Border) ever since.

Wilhelm Tell greeting the fort of Europe

The far-right SVP Swiss Federal Council Christoph Blocher seems to bring all honour to his SVP party, when he fraternitizes with the torturing state Turkey: Erdogan Elmas should be expelled - no matter (!) what decision the federal court takes. Apart from earlier public defamation of Albanian refugees, he also asserts a revision of the anti-rassism law. This would legitimize the denial of the genocide done to the Armenian. This is one of many well-known approaches to abolish the social and political achievements. The reactionary circles have their proposals endorsed by public votation of the Swiss. Nice direct democracy! The structural background of it, the real power and capital proportion stay in the dark. As a consequence the aggrevated new asylum law, that kicks the human right with feet, was accepted by the population. The Swiss politicians overtake the Europeans on the right side and demonstrate how to build a fort in fort again.

Solidarity is our weapon

Against all this there was and is resistance in the land of banks and mountains. Wide spread circles want to prevent the asylum and foreigner law. For the release of Erdogan Elmas and Dursun Güner an active solidarity movement developped. They now call for international actions that enlarge the pressure on the Swiss authorities. Switzerland is about to extradite a political refugee into torture, the background of it is the tightend migration and security policies in Europe and Switzerland. Use our solidarity against it! Of course, this day of action also is a chance to bring together resistance to call attention to simular cases. If anybody has knows of such case or if any actions have taken place , please let us know and send us the corresponding information (information about actions please with pictures) to free_Erdogan@gmx.net

Alliance against Expulsion and Extradition to Turkey www.free-erdogan.ch.vu www.auslieferungen-stopp.ch