URGENT CALL OF SOLIDARITY FOR THE “HOPA” PRISONERS IN TURKEY

STOP CRIMINALIZING PEOPLE WHO DEFEND LIFE

WE DEMAND FREEDOM FOR HOPA PRISONERS!

The below text is prepared in order to inform the international public on the events in the process of the so-called Hopa legal case, to pull attention to the scope, meaning and possible results of this process and to contribute to the efforts of solidarity with the imprisoned life defenders.

In Turkey, people who oppose the commercialization of water and who oppose the plundering of nature by enjoying their democratic rights are in prisons for months.

Opposition against the practices of the governing Justice and Development Party (JDP-AKP) of Turkey is confronting a severe criminalization process. Continue reading →