Amke Dietert-Scheuer

Overview

Amke Dietert-Scheuer born Brake, Lower Saxony, Germany May 14, 1955. Green Party member of German Bundestag 1994-9, 2002; scholar of Turkish, lectured Istanbul; member of Amnesty International concern for Kurdish refugees; development consultant.

Quotations

On Bosnia: "These internal refugees need to be dealt with first. They still have people living in tents. In the present situation, things simply aren't ready for the refugees to return." (Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 11, 1996; photo moenchengladbach.hopto.org)