Mizgin is free. This campaign succeeded because you kept the pressure on and refused to look away from this injustice. Keep watching this space as we monitor the situation to ensure her safety remains secure.
April 4, 2012
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Mizgin Müjde Arslan is a Kurdish filmmaker, director and writer. She has been arrested in Turkey, alongside hundreds of other Kurdish activists. We demand the immediate release of Arsalan, alongside other activists detained on unlawful grounds.
Mujde Arslan was born in 1981 in Mardin, Turkey. She received her undergraduate degree from Dicle University Biology Department. She got her MA degree from the Faculty of Communication in Marmara University from Department of Cinema. She has worked as a journalist in DIHA (Dicle News Agency), “Yedinci Gündem” and "Gündem" newspapers.
She has written essays on culture and cinema, which has been published in various magazines and newspapers. After her first short film "Son Oyun", she directed other short films "Nora" and "Tov" and a documentary film called "Kirasê Mirinê: Hewîtî". She is also the author of the book, "Rejisör Atıf Yılmaz" (Director: Atıf Yılmaz) and “Kürt Sineması: Yurtsuzluk, Sınır ve Ölüm” (Kurdish Cinema: Statelessness, Border and Death) and “Yeşim Ustaoğlu: Su, Ölüm ve Yolculuk” (Yesim Ustoglu: Water, Death and Journey).
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Reached 500 supporters
February 16, 2012
Reached 100 supporters
February 14, 2012
February 13, 2012
We are approaching 500 signatures and need to hit this target to force a response from the authorities. Post this link on your Facebook page right now and text three friends to ask them to sign. Keep the momentum moving so we can demand her release with real force.
February 11, 2012
We are approaching the one hundred signature mark and need to build momentum fast. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now to help us break through this threshold. Text three people in your contacts and push them to sign today.
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Ridiculous that she is even in jail. Keeping my fingers crossed for her safety.
Free Mizgin! Freedom of the press is a basic human right. This is totally unacceptable.
Just heartbreaking. How can they lock up someone for writing and making films?? SHAMEFUL.
Let her go. She has contributed so much to the culture and doesnt deserve this treatment.
This is so wrong. She is an artist not a criminal. Free her now.
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Mizgin is free. This campaign succeeded because you kept the pressure on and refused to look away from this injustice. Keep watching this space as we monitor the situation to ensure her safety remains secure.
April 4, 2012
Final supporters
Mizgin Müjde Arslan is a Kurdish filmmaker, director and writer. She has been arrested in Turkey, alongside hundreds of other Kurdish activists. We demand the immediate release of Arsalan, alongside other activists detained on unlawful grounds.
Mujde Arslan was born in 1981 in Mardin, Turkey. She received her undergraduate degree from Dicle University Biology Department. She got her MA degree from the Faculty of Communication in Marmara University from Department of Cinema. She has worked as a journalist in DIHA (Dicle News Agency), “Yedinci Gündem” and "Gündem" newspapers.
She has written essays on culture and cinema, which has been published in various magazines and newspapers. After her first short film "Son Oyun", she directed other short films "Nora" and "Tov" and a documentary film called "Kirasê Mirinê: Hewîtî". She is also the author of the book, "Rejisör Atıf Yılmaz" (Director: Atıf Yılmaz) and “Kürt Sineması: Yurtsuzluk, Sınır ve Ölüm” (Kurdish Cinema: Statelessness, Border and Death) and “Yeşim Ustaoğlu: Su, Ölüm ve Yolculuk” (Yesim Ustoglu: Water, Death and Journey).
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
February 16, 2012
Reached 100 supporters
February 14, 2012
February 13, 2012
We are approaching 500 signatures and need to hit this target to force a response from the authorities. Post this link on your Facebook page right now and text three friends to ask them to sign. Keep the momentum moving so we can demand her release with real force.
February 11, 2012
We are approaching the one hundred signature mark and need to build momentum fast. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now to help us break through this threshold. Text three people in your contacts and push them to sign today.
6 Comments
Enough with the arrests. She needs to be home with her family.
Ridiculous that she is even in jail. Keeping my fingers crossed for her safety.
Free Mizgin! Freedom of the press is a basic human right. This is totally unacceptable.
Just heartbreaking. How can they lock up someone for writing and making films?? SHAMEFUL.
Let her go. She has contributed so much to the culture and doesnt deserve this treatment.
This is so wrong. She is an artist not a criminal. Free her now.
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Enough with the arrests. She needs to be home with her family.