Wales leads international solidarity with Öcalan
The Welsh Assembly has taken a historic stance in support of Newport resident and hunger striker Imam Sis and his calls for international solidarity and action on the isolation of …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
#ImamsMotion Welsh Assembly to debate a motion on Öcalan solidarity
Tomorrow, Wednesday 20 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …