Group Locks Itself In Small Corridor In Courthouse

POLICE GETTING READY TO INTERVENE IN GROUP

ISTANBUL - The group, which staged an activity in Istanbul Court, calling for the Imrali Prison to be shut down locked themselves in a small corridor in Istanbul Court. Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization, is currently serving imprisonment terms in Imrali Prison.
The 20-people group came to Istanbul Court in Sultanahmet Square and unfurled a banner from the third floor. The banner wrote: ''Democratic solution to Kurdish problem. Imrali Prison should be shut down. Youth Initiative for Social Peace.''
The group continues to chant slogans and did not end to their action despite the warnings of security forces.
Police is getting ready to intervene in the group.
(AY) 18.11.2003