Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RZVISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi<br />
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GB-Ft"ance-Kut"<strong>de</strong>s<br />
Mme Mitten"and dénonce l'attitu<strong>de</strong> "intolét"able" d'Ankat"a<br />
LONDRES, 14 jan (AFP) - Mme Danielle Mitterrand, a vivement dénoncé<br />
vendt"edi à Londres l'attitu<strong>de</strong> "intolét"able" <strong>de</strong>s autot"ités tl.tt"ques vis-à-vis <strong>de</strong><br />
la minorité kur<strong>de</strong> du pays.<br />
Dans un discout"S <strong>de</strong>vant le pt'estigieux "Royal <strong>Institut</strong>e of Int<strong>et</strong>"national<br />
. Aff ait" s " , Mme Mit ten" and, qui s' e xpt"i mai ten tan t que pt" é sid en ted e 1a<br />
fondation France-Libertés, a lancé un cri d'alarme sur la situation au<br />
Km"distan<br />
"Des<br />
tl.lrc.<br />
v i Il e s<strong>et</strong> <strong>de</strong>s v i Il ag e s son t dé tt,u its, 1apo pul at ion est ten" 0 t' i sée,<br />
<strong>et</strong> le pt"ocessl.ls s'accélèt"e", a-t-elle dit en t"egt"<strong>et</strong>tant que les infot"mations<br />
sm" ce q'.li se passe en Tut"quie "n'at"t'ivent pas à tt"av<strong>et</strong>"s<strong>et</strong>" le mut" du silence".<br />
EIl e a ass 1.1t"é que l' at" mé e "i nt <strong>et</strong>"dit" au Pt"e mie t" min ist t"e t ut"c , Mme Tan s 1.1<br />
Cill<strong>et</strong>", "<strong>de</strong> se t"endt"e SW" les lieux d'un massact'e 01.1 <strong>de</strong> la <strong>de</strong>stt"uction d'une<br />
ville".<br />
Décrivant le séjour qu'elle a effectué dans c<strong>et</strong>te région en 1989, elle a<br />
déclat"é: "la mesm"e <strong>de</strong> l'intolét"able m'a semblé atteinte dans I_m pays qui veut<br />
don n EH" l' i mag ed' une d é m0 c t"a tie 1a ï que, toi é t"ant e <strong>et</strong> 0 1.1v<strong>et</strong>' tes 1.1t' l' Eut" 0 pe" •<br />
"Comment la pt"esse pom"t'ait-elle s'expt'im<strong>et</strong>' libt"ement quand sont<br />
assassinés les journalistes qui enquêtent sur les exactions <strong>de</strong> l'armée dans le<br />
Km'distan", a <strong>de</strong>mandé Mme Mitten'and.<br />
Elle a proposé "le rassemblement à <strong>Paris</strong> 01.1 ailleurs <strong>de</strong> parlementaires<br />
tUt'CS <strong>de</strong> tOl.ltes opinions <strong>et</strong> <strong>de</strong> pat"lementait"es e'.lt"opéen!;", dont les échanges<br />
pourraient perm<strong>et</strong>tre <strong>de</strong> "puiser les éléments d'une possible négociation autour<br />
d'un médiateut' d~signé d'un commun accot"d".<br />
Mme Mitten"and a également évoqué la situation "dt"amatique" <strong>de</strong>s minot'ités<br />
kut"<strong>de</strong>s en !t"ak, en !t'an <strong>et</strong> en Syt"ie, <strong>et</strong> souhaité "un sl.lt'saut" <strong>de</strong> la communauté<br />
internationale pour régler le problème.<br />
Arrivée jeudi à Londres pour une visite <strong>de</strong> 48 heures, Mme Mitterrand a<br />
rencontré durant son séjour le secrétaire au Foreign Office Douglas Hurd <strong>et</strong> la<br />
secrétaire d'Etat à la Coopération Lynda Chalker, avec qui elle a évoqué le<br />
sort <strong>de</strong>s populations kur<strong>de</strong>s.<br />
phv/dch/mfo<br />
AFP 141735 JAN 94<br />
When governments speak of "reasons of<br />
state," look for a squalid act that offends<br />
co~on <strong>de</strong>cency. France will not explain<br />
why It brushed off a Swiss extradition request<br />
and released two Iranians wanted in<br />
'Switzerland for the mur<strong>de</strong>r of an Iranian<br />
dissi<strong>de</strong>nt. According to the right-of-center<br />
government of Prime Minister Edouard Balladur,<br />
the reasons are "linked to the national<br />
interest." When the Clinton administration<br />
protested this breach of anti-terrorism policy,<br />
the French interior minister, Charles Pasqua,<br />
refused to respond because "I am not an<br />
employee of Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Clinton."<br />
. One h~ to sympathize with Mr. Pasqua,<br />
s~ce the likely explanations for France's acbon<br />
are embarrassing. The possibilities are (I)<br />
that France ~~ violated the European Charter<br />
on extradibon to secure a mark<strong>et</strong> in Iran<br />
for its ~gh-tech exports; (2) that it has yiel<strong>de</strong>d<br />
to Iraman threats of terrorism, and (3) that<br />
the Balladur government, with an ear to antiimmigrant<br />
sentiment, places less value on human<br />
life if the victim is a non-European, like<br />
the Iranian dissi<strong>de</strong>nt who was slain in Geneva<br />
. ~ran.ce's re~ease of. the suspects in that<br />
killing ISespectally <strong>de</strong>plorable since their trial<br />
was expected to yield new clues about scores<br />
of m~<strong>de</strong>rousassaults in Germany, Greece,<br />
Austna, Turkey, Italy, Norway, Japan and six<br />
other countries. Fortunately, Mr. Pasqua and<br />
bis prime minister do not speak for all of<br />
France. "Appearing to cave in to the threat of<br />
terrorism," Le Mon<strong>de</strong> editorialized "is cer-<br />
•~y not.th~ best way to fight it." The oppo-<br />
~tion Socialist Party has assailed the Balladur<br />
government's "<strong>de</strong>plorable inconsistency."<br />
Y<strong>et</strong> the ~alists practiced the same ap-<br />
JlC!lSementm 1990, when Presi<strong>de</strong>nt François<br />
Mitterrand pardoned an assailant who a <strong>de</strong>ca<strong>de</strong><br />
earlier tried to mur<strong>de</strong>r former a Iranian<br />
prime minister, Shabpur Bakhtiar. A year<br />
later Mr. Bakhtiar's throat was cut. Two Iranian<br />
suspects were arrested in Switzerland and<br />
extradited to France. A trial is supposed to<br />
~e place this year - if Mr. Pasqua does not<br />
discover reasons to free those Iranians as well.<br />
- THE NEW YORK TIMES.<br />
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