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Month: May 2019

The struggle against isolation continues as the hunger strike ends

26

May

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By Freedom for Ocalan

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The struggle against isolation continues as the hunger strike ends

The historic hunger strike by Kurdish politicians and activists around the world has ended on its 200th day at the request of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, in a statement presented by the Asrin Law Office, after their second visit with Mr Öcalan in eight years. Resistance has prevailed Leyla Güven, Democratic…

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The legal team and campaigners ask – Is the isolation of Öcalan over?

17

May

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By Freedom for Ocalan

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The legal team and campaigners ask – Is the isolation of Öcalan over?

Is the isolation of Öcalan over? The Minister of Justice of Turkey, Abdulhamit Gül made a statement on the 16th of May 2019, declaring that the ban on lawyers being allowed to visit with their client Mr Abdullah Öcalan had been lifted after a one hour visit was allowed to…

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2019 International Peace Delegation to İmralı meets with Council of Europe

17

May

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2019 International Peace Delegation to İmralı meets with Council of Europe

On Tuesday, 07 May 2019, representatives of the 2019 International Peace Delegation to İmralı travelled to Strasbourg, France to meet with representatives of the office of the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland and the Executive Secretariat of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). Representing the…

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Freedom for Ocalan campaign reiterates call for the release of Abdullah Ocalan

09

May

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By Freedom for Ocalan

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Freedom for Ocalan campaign reiterates call for the release of Abdullah Ocalan

The co-chairs of the Freedom for Ocalan campaign, Christine Blower of NEU and Simon Dubbins of Unite, have issued the following statement on this week's events and restated the call for the release of Mr Ocalan. This has been a vitally important week for the campaign to release Abdullah Ocalan.…

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Ocalan’s lawyer’s host press conference after first visit in eight years

06

May

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By Freedom for Ocalan

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Ocalan’s lawyer’s host press conference after first visit in eight years

Abdullah Ocalan's lawyer's hosted a shock press conference today in Istanbul after two of his four-man team were allowed to spend an hour with Mr Ocalan at Imrali prison on the 2nd of May 2019. He has been kept in extreme isolation at Imrali Island Prison for twenty years, ever…

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STUC supports Öcalan and Scottish Kurdish community – what next?

04

May

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By Stephen Smellie

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STUC supports Öcalan and Scottish Kurdish community – what next?

The recent conference of the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) gave support to the Kurdish community living in Scotland and offered solidarity to the hunger strikers demanding an end to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan by the Turkish authorities. Motions of solidarity with the Scottish Kurdish community The first dealt…

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Welsh-Kurdish hunger striker in critical condition

02

May

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By Freedom for Ocalan

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Welsh-Kurdish hunger striker in critical condition

Plaid Cymru call for UK Government intervention as Welsh-Kurdish hunger striker Imam Sis from Newport in ‘critical condition’ Plaid Cymru have called on the UK Government to intervene ‘with urgency’ following the sudden deterioration of the Kurdish Welshman Imam Sis from Newport who has been on an indefinite hunger strike…

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