WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4055/97 by Yiannis ROUBATIS to the Council. Amnesty International report on the human rights situation in Turkey
C 223/46 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 7. 98 (98/C 223/53) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4050/97 by Stephen Hughes (PSE) to the Commission (14 January 1998) Subject: Psycho-organic syndrome Considering the family of agents associated with psycho-organic syndrome, what are the exposure limits in the fifteen Member States? Have any been banned? Are any associated with recognised industrial injuries in any of the Member States? To what extent has substitution occurred in Member States in relation to those agents considered most dangerous? Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (30 January 1998) The Commission has asked the European agency for safety and health at work to provide it with technical information on the question raised by the Honourable Member. The Commission will reply fully to the Honourable Member when this information has been received. (98/C 223/54) WRITTEN QUESTION E-4055/97 by Yiannis Roubatis (PSE) to the Council (15 January 1998) Subject: Amnesty International report on the human rights situation in Turkey The latest Amnesty International report on the human rights situation in Turkey accuses that country of torturing juveniles, executions and the disappearance of detainees. According to Amnesty Internationalís figures, 25 people were killed in custody and 23 went missing after their arrest during 1997. 1. What measures will the Council take to stop successive Turkish governmentsí mockery of the EU and to put an end to the unacceptable human rights situation in Turkey, and 2. what will it do to make Turkish political and military leaders aware that they cannot continue torturing and killing their own people when the international community is looking on in horror? (98/C 223/55) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0262/98 by Yiannis Roubatis (PSE) to the Council (17 February 1998) Subject: Amnesty International Report on the human rights situation in Turkey The most recent Amnesty International report on the human rights situation in Turkey accuses Turkey of torturing minors and the execution and disappearances of prisoners. According to Amnesty International figures, during 1997 25 people were killed during detention and 23 others disappeared following their arrest. Will the Council say: 1. What measures it intends to take to put an end to the mockery of the European Union by successive Turkish governments and to the continuing unacceptable human rights situation in Turkey? 2. What does it intend to do to make the political and military leadership of Turkey finally realize that they cannot continue to torture and kill their own citizens under the gaze of a horrified international community?