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Friday, March 07, 2008

European anti-torture panel says no proof that jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan being poisoned : North County Times - Californian

"European anti-torture panel says no proof that jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan being poisoned

STRASBOURG, France -- There is no proof to back claims that jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is being poisoned by his Turkish captors, a Council of Europe report says.

But he should be moved from isolation because his mental state is deteriorating, said the report by the human rights organization's anti-torture panel, released on Thursday. Ocalan, 59, is the sole inmate on the prison island of Imrali, in the Marmara Sea, off Istanbul."

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