The Independent - London, June 30th, 1999
THE HEAD of the self- proclaimed Kurdistan parliament in exile condemned the death sentence on Abdullah Ocalan as one against all Kurds.
Yasar Kaya, president of the Brussels-based group, said both sides in the conflict would suffer because of the verdict. "This decision on the person of Mr Ocalan is a death sentence for the Kurdish people," he said. "Those who have transformed Kurdistan into a blood bath for hundreds of years now continue their massacre in one fashion or another. By this decision the illegitimate Turkish court plays with fire."
About 400 Kurdish protesters gathered outside ...
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