Tuesday, May 5, 2020

CALL FOR THE FREEDOM FOR MUSLUM ELMA


Dear comrades and friends
We are writing to request your support for the urgent campaign for the freedom of our comrade, Müslüm Elma. He is a tireless communist leader that having endured long years of imprisonment in Turkey, since April 2015, remains incarcerated in prison in Munich, Germany.
He is one of the 10 comrades that were arrest in April 2015 as part of joint German-Turkish operations against our party. To date 9 of those arrested have been released. However, the case of comrade Müslüm Elma remains open as the German state intends to continue to prosecute and keep him in prison.
Comrade Elma suffers from multiple health conditions that are due to the long years of imprisonment, being subjected to torture and ill-treatment and the result of repeated hunger strikes and resistance in prison. Despite his fragile condition and the threat of infection with Covid-19 in prison, the German authorities continue to keep him incarcerated.
At the present situation of devastating effects of the spread of the Coronavirus, we must rise to extend our collective solidarity and bring maximum pressure for the release of the comrade from prison.
We request all comrades to join and bring resources together to help advance the campaign for freedom of Müslüm Elma. The campaign is launched by UPOTUDAK, (Solidarity Committee with International Political Prisoners). The English, German, Spanish and Turkish versions of the call can be found here: https://www.upotudak.net/
In solidarity
TKP-ML International Bureau
May 2, 2020

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