Deportees' compatriot wins a month's reprieve

Kurd asylum-seeker Erdal Dogan's provisional release was renewed Friday by immigration officials in Tokyo.</PARAGRAPH> <PHOTO> <TABLE WIDTH='200' ALIGN='RIGHT' BORDER='0'> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='News photo' BORDER='0' SRC='/images/photos2005/nn20050122a3a.jpg' WIDTH='200' HEIGHT='140'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B> Kurdish Asylum-seeker Erdal Dogan –

is greeted by his family Friday at the Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, after renewing his provisional release.

Tension was high as he entered the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward after two other Kurdish asylum-seekers -- Ahmet Kazankiran and his son Ramazan -- were detained and quickly deported back to Turkey earlier this week.