Petition
Tue, 2005-11-22 10:29
#1
Petition
Fatih Tas, the owner of Kurdish Aram Publishing House in Turkey faces
6.5 years of punishment in prison if he is not acquitted at his next
trial on the 2nd of December 2005 in an Istanbul court. He's being prosecuted for
having published a book by John Tirman, director of international
studies in MIT.
The Turkish translation of the book "Spoils of War: Human Cost of
America's Arms Trade" by John Tirman, published in Turkey by Aram
Puplishing House, is being prosecuted by the Attorney-General on an
indictment presented by him to the Court of Istanbul.
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stephen