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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

BBC NEWS | Europe | Belgium jails Turkish activists

"Belgium jails Turkish activists
Fehriye Erdal
Belgium refused to extradite Erdal when Turkey had the death penalty
Turkish activist Fehriye Erdal has been sentenced to four years in prison by a Belgian court for belonging to a criminal organisation.

She was on trial with 10 other defendants from the banned Turkish group DHKP-C, or the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front.

The group is blacklisted as a terrorist organisation by the European Union."

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