Re: [movimenti.bicocca] Repressione accademici in Turchia

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Author: alberta
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To: Laboratorio sulla partecipazione politica e associativa del Dipartimento di Sociologia e ricerca sociale dell'Universita' degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Subject: Re: [movimenti.bicocca] Repressione accademici in Turchia
grazie mille!!

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Alice M <alicemattoni@???> wrote:

> 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
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Alice Mattoni
>
> Assistant Professor
>
> Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
>
> Scuola Normale Superiore
>
> www.alicemattoni.com
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