Re: [movimenti.bicocca] Repressione accademici in Turchia

E la lettera, in allegato qui sotto (me l'ero scordata, scusatemi). Alice

2016-01-18 14:09 GMT+01:00 Alice M <alicemattoni@???>:

> Segnalo questa iniziativa di solidarietà che è stata organizzata da alcuni
> colleghi qui a COSMOS/SNS.
>
> Di seguito i dettagli e il modo per lasciare la propria firma, massimo
> entro il tardo pomeriggio di oggi.
>
> Saluti,
>
> Alice
>
> ---
>
> In recent days, more than a 1,000 Turkish and Kurdish academics signed a
> petition calling for an end to hostilities in a number of Kurdish cities
> and a resumption of peace negotiations between the government and the PKK.
> As a result, charges of "propagandizing for a terrorist organisation" and
> treason have been brought against them by state prosecutors. These charges
> can result in up to five years in prison.Clearly, not even a modicum of
> academic freedom can be said to exist in Turkey. Freedom of expression
> has been completely undermined.
>
>
> This year IPSA will hold its *24th World Congress of Political Science *Conference
> in Istanbul. The organisation of a conference in a country where academics
> are imprisoned for their views is highly problematic. As academics there is
> little that we can do to change the multiple problems in Turkey but we can
> put pressure on international academic associations so as to not
> legitimise the Erdogan regime by holding conferences in Turkey until it
> restores freedom of expression and ends harassment of academics and others
> who are opposed to his political objectives.
>
>
> Accordingly, some of us COSMOS members wish to send a letter to IPSA
> asking them to clarify their position on the matter and to take a stance
> demanding freedom of expression in Turkey.
>
>
> We invite you to take a minute to read a quick letter we intend to send to
> them and sign it, in solidarity with all the academics and journalists in
> Turkey under threat.
>
>
> Could anyone who wishes to sign (one does not need to be an IPSA member)
> please fill in the link to this doodle poll
> <http://doodle.com/poll/kcvisxhhsg78xtdv#table> with their name, title
> and institutional affiliation.
>
>
> We will send the letter this evening.
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> --
>
> Alice Mattoni
>
> Assistant Professor
>
> Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
>
> Scuola Normale Superiore
>
> www.alicemattoni.com
>



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Alice Mattoni

Assistant Professor

Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences

Scuola Normale Superiore

www.alicemattoni.com