Legal Action: A total of 1,330 lawyers have called for access to imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, held incommunicado in Turkey’s İmralı Island for 34 months. A total of 1,330 lawyers from 35 bar associations have lodged a petition with the Turkish Ministry of Justice requesting permission to meet with imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı Island Prison. [...]

Rojava Information Centre report reveals catastrophic regional impact of Turkish airstrikes on Suwaydiya power station.   The Rojava Information Centre (RIC) released a report on Monday revealing the devastating impact of Turkish airstrikes on the Suwaydiya gas and electricity station in North and East Syria. The report includes photographed evidence of the destruction.In the detailed dossier, the RIC reported that on the [...]

"As a political leader, he has to be with his people, and that means he has to be released," MacManus said, stressing that the first step towards a political solution to the Kurdish question in Turkey must be the release of Öcalan so that he can take part in political talks and lead the Kurdish movement towards peace and self-determination. [...]

Demonstrators in several European cities have united in their call for an end to Turkish aggression and to draw attention to the plight of the Kurdish population in North and East Syria.     Demonstrations erupted across Europe on Saturday to condemn the Turkish government’s recent military action in Kurdish-held northern Syria. People in Kiel, Freiburg, Munich, Lausanne and Zurich took to [...]