Foreign Prisoners Support Service

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Help Sibel Yalvac

On 10 July 2003, the 21 year old, mentally retarded Sibel Yalvac from Rotterdam was arrested in the airport of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. On 6 april 2004 she was convicted to 10 years imprisonment for smuggling drugs.
Two independent Dutch experts, a psychologist and a probation officer, tested Sibel. They declare she cannot be held responsible for her actions. She cannot distinguish cause and consequence, is credulous, has too much fantasy and she cannot even count to twelve.
Sibel has been used by ruthless criminals for their drugs trade and will now spend years in hell.
Every year around Indonesian independence day (17 August) there is a possibility for amnesty. We ask the Indonesian government to consider the special situation of Sibel and grant her amnesty.
The campaign 'Help Sibel' asks, on behalf of Sibel and her family, your support for this request. The petition has 6047 signatories. Will you help us?

Update 5 August 2006 Sibel Yalvac.

The Dutch Authorities have offered, on August the 2nd, the petition to the Indonesian Embassy at The Hague. They have asked for the prompt release for Sibel Yalvac. According to the signatories of this petition, Sibel is mentally retarded and should be released immediately. The reason for offering this petition is the National Day of Liberty in Indonesia which is on the 17th of August. At this day it is possible to receive an Amnesty. The petition itself has been a great success and 8205 people have signed this petition in just a single month. Even from abroad they receved signatures for which the family of Sibel are very thankful.
FPSS would like to thank our associates from Prison World, in particular, Nicolette Polderman for providing this update. A link to the Dutch site can be found in our FPSS Resources pages. It is a mainly a Dutch website with a big forum which also has some English articles.

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