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Manuel Cortes and Tony Burke join call for meeting with European Council

02

Apr

By Freedom for Ocalan

Manuel Cortes and Tony Burke join call for meeting with European Council

Leading trade unionists, legal professionals, activists, actors, filmmakers and a former finance minister are calling for an urgent meeting with the European Council in order for the Committee for the Prevention of Torture to reopen its investigation of Imrali Island. Turkey breaking own laws The group which included the actor…

Jeremy Corbyn calls for lawyers to be allowed to visit Öcalan

30

Mar

By Freedom for Ocalan

Jeremy Corbyn calls for lawyers to be allowed to visit Öcalan

NEWPORT (WALES) On 30 March Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Labour Party, met with activists working closely with Imam Sis, a Kurdish hunger striker on day 104 (since 17 Dec 2018) protesting the isolation of imprisoned Kurdish leader, Abdullah Öcalan. The activists have also been working with three Kurdish…

Will Wales be the first nation to show solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikers?

20

Mar

By Freedom for Ocalan

Will Wales be the first nation to show solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikers?

Hunger strikers enter life-threatening phase as Plaid Cymru tabled debate proposes the Welsh Government, on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales, write to the Committee for the Prevention of Torture calling on them to visit Imrali Prison to assess the conditions of Abdullah Öcalan, the Kurdish leader. Solidarity with…

#ImamsMotion Welsh Assembly to debate a motion on Öcalan solidarity

19

Mar

By Freedom for Ocalan

#ImamsMotion Welsh Assembly to debate a motion on Öcalan solidarity

Tomorrow, Wednesday 20th of March, Welsh Assembly Members will vote on #ImamsMotion calling on the Welsh Government to message the Committee for the Prevention of Torture to re-open its investigation into the isolation of Kurdish political leader, Abdullah Öcalan, and to support the Kurdish hunger strikes campaign. Newport hunger strike…

Turkey abuses counterterrorism laws to silence academics

15

Mar

By Freedom for Ocalan

Turkey abuses counterterrorism laws to silence academics

Member of the Academics for Peace, Prof. Zübeyde Füsun Üstel has been charged with “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” (Article No. 7/2 of Turkey’s Counterterrorism Law No. 3713) for signing the Academics for Peace statement “We will not be a party to this crime”. The statement criticized military actions in…

Hunger strike spreads as shocking treatment of prisoners is revealed

09

Mar

By Freedom for Ocalan

Hunger strike spreads as shocking treatment of prisoners is revealed

Hunger strikes are spreading, the AKP government remains indifferent! The hunger strikes initiated on 8 November 2018 by the HDP Deputy for Hakkari and Co-Chair of Democratic Society Congress, Ms Leyla Güven, demanding the end of aggravated isolation imposed on Mr. Abdullah Öcalan, held in Imralı Island Prison for 20…

Open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May

08

Mar

By Freedom for Ocalan

Open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May

The Rt Honourable Theresa May MP 10 Downing Street Dear Prime Minister On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019, the Peace in Kurdistan Campaign calls on you to acknowledge the great strides that Kurdish women have achieved towards gaining equality between women and men. On this day, we stand…

Turkey’s war against Öcalan’s direct democracy project in the Middle East

21

Feb

By Freedom for Ocalan

Turkey’s war against Öcalan’s direct democracy project in the Middle East

Erdogan continues to marginalise and criminalise opposition and Öcalans isolation continues. The experiment in direct democracy inspired by his writings is imperilled by the aggression of the Turkish state. This article is based on a speech delivered by Sinn Féin MP for South Down Chris Hazzard in the House of Lords on…

Event in Lords marks the anniversary of Öcalans abduction

17

Feb

By Freedom for Ocalan

Event in Lords marks the anniversary of Öcalans abduction

The FreedomForÖcalan.org trade union campaign was joined by academics, politicians and leading civil rights lawyers for a special conference in the House of Lords on the 20th anniversary of Abdullah Öcalans capture. The meeting called on the Turkish government to honour its own legal framework and the internationally accepted “Mandela…