Press release
of October, 22th 1998
Federal Office for the Recognition of
Foreign Refugees recognises Mehmet Ali Akbas
as person entitled to asylum
Kurdish refugee was allowed to re-enter into Germany
after torture was documented officially
PRO ASYL and Refugee Council of Lower Saxony
demand for consequences
Federal Office for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees recognises Mehmet Ali Akbas as person entitled to asylum
Translation-Info
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The Kurd Mehmet Ali Akbas deported from Germany on January 15th, 1998 and provably tortured in Turkey later has been recognised as person entitled to asylum five months after re-entry into the Federal Republic. The answer of the Federal Office for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees issued on October 16. is not valid yet..
Mehmet Ali Akbas had been kidnapped after his deportation in January at the bus station in Istanbul by the secret police and cross-examined several-day-long under heavy torture. A German Administrative Court still had certified him few weeks ago that no persecution will threaten him with reasonable probability in Turkey. Despite his exile-political activities the Turkish state wouldn’t be interested in any way to persecute him. After his deportation and suffered torture Akbas dared to appeal to lawyers, the Turkish Human Rights Organisation IHD and in the long run to the German Ambassy also. A confidence doctor of the German General Consulate confirmed torture aftereffects. After interventions of green members of the regional Parliament, the Refugee Council of Lower Saxony and PRO ASYL Akbas could re-enter into Germany legally. Since Turkey at border control refused his departure, however, he was forced to continue his flight over the dangerous land route to Greece.
