The second Gathering was held on November 2000 with 18 guests from 9 countries, when three political party leaders were sentenced to imprisonment and 77.663 people published a book to participate their crimes! In the second Gathering, a call was made by six representatives of participating international NGOs, (HRW, Society for Threatened Peoples, PEN, Article 19, Pax Christi) to other NGOs around the world for the annual meetings to be held.
Program
The Schedule of the 2nd Gathering in Istanbul for Freedom of Expression: 19.11.2000 – 1st Session 10:00 – 13:00 Freedom of Expression and International Human Rights Aspects Ahmet Selamet…
The Schedule of the 2nd Gathering in Istanbul for Freedom of Expression:
19.11.2000 – 1st Session
10:00 – 13:00 Freedom of Expression and International Human Rights Aspects
Ahmet Selamet (Mazlumder – President of Istanbul Branch)
Şükran İrençin (Human Rights Foundation)
Özlem Hicran Özyurt (Özgür–Der)
Gülter Kanlı (Mother of a prisoner of conscience)
Hasan Celal Güzel (Former Minister of State and Minister of Education)
Aysel Taştepe (Ak-Der)
Jonathan Sugden (Human Rights Watch)
Hugh Poulton (Article 19)
Eugene Schoulgin (International PEN Writers in Prison Committee Chair)
Lord Patel (United Kingdom Parliament, House of Lords)
19.11.2000 – 2nd Session
15:00 – 18:00 Freedom of Expression and International Human Rights Aspects
Hüsnü Öndül (Human Rights Association – President)
Yılmaz Ensaroğlu (Mazlumder – President)
Claudia Roth (German MP)
Mehmet Bekaroğlu (MP-Virtue Party – Member of Parliamentary HR Commission)
Prof. Hüseyin Hatemi (İstanbul University Faculty of Law)
Emine Şenlikoğlu (Author)
Prof. Fadila Memisevic (UN Expert Commission for Crimes Against Women)
Georgios Nakratzas (Author – Greece)
Lucina Kathman (San Miguel PEN – Mexico)
Wolfgang Jungheim (Pax Christi)
Prof. Andreas Buro (DIALOGKREIS – Germany)
20.11.2000 – 1st Session
10:00 – 13:00 Freedom of Expression, Culture, Arts, Literature & Media
Cengiz Bektaş (Writers Union of Turkey – President)
Recep Bilginer (Theatre Writers Association – President)
Varlık Özmenek (Journalist)
Abdurrahman Dilipak (Journalist)
Eugene Schoulgin (International PEN Writers in Prison Committee Chair)
Öner Ergenç (Turkey Volunteer Organizations Foundation)
20.11.2000 – 2nd Session
15:00 – 18:00 Freedom of Expression and International Law
Yücel Sayman (Bar of Istanbul – President)
Osman Ergin (Bar of Istanbul – Vice President)
Ergin Cinmen (Initiative of Citizens)
Ayşe Güney (HUDER)
Prof. Andreas Buro (DIALOGKREIS – Germany)
Aslı Erdoğan (Journalist)
Cengiz Çandar (Journalist)
Guest List
The Participants of the 2nd Gathering in Istanbul for Freedom of Expression:
Prof. Andreas Buro (DIALOGKREIS – Germany)
Angelika Graf (German Parliament Human Rights Commission)
Baroness Uddin (United Kingdom Parliament, House of Lords)
Claudia Roth (German Parliament, President of Human Rights Commission)
Erkin Alptekin (UNPO – Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Eugene Schoulgin (International PEN Writers in Prison Committee Chair)
Fadıla Memisevic (UN Expert Commission for Crimes against Women – President)
Georgios Nakratzas (Author – Greece)
Hugh Poulton (Article 19)
Jonathan Sugden (Human Rights Watch – Coordinator of Europe)
Lord Patel (United Kingdom Parliament, House of Lords)
Lucina Kathman (International PEN Women Writers Committee – Mexico)
Mehmet Doğan (IGMG–Islamische Gemeinschaft Milli Görüs – Germany)
Monika Brudlewsky (German Parliament Human Rights Commission)
Tilman Zülch (GfbV–Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker – President)
Wolfgang Jungheim (Pax Christi)