Kenan Ayas Watch
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Day 40 – Kenan Ayaz sentenced to over four years in prison in Hamburg
Intensified persecution against Kurdish movement The Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison in Hamburg. Cansu Özdemir (Die Linke) speaks of a fatal signal for the rule of law and the opposition in Kurdistan and Turkey....
Day 39 – Kenan Ayaz: Why won’t Europe solve the Kurdish question?
Kenan Ayaz was able to continue his plea in the §129b proceedings before the Hamburg Higher Regional Court. He analysed the resistance of the Kurds over the last 100 years and asked about Europe's responsibility in the Kurdish question. The courtroom was once again...
Day 38 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: analysing the history of Kurdistan
Kenan Ayaz, the Kurd on trial for PKK membership in Hamburg, continued his plea by addressing the ‘divide and rule’ strategy of the European hegemonic powers. The judge threatened to exclude the public. On Tuesday, Kenan Ayaz (officially Ayas) was able to continue his...
GERMANY ILLEGALLY DELAYS THE TRANSFER OF KENAN AYAS TO CYPRUS – CYPRUS ACTIVATES EU LAW, WHILE GERMANY SERIOUSLY VIOLATES ITS OBLIGATIONS
Nicosia, Cyprus – KenanWatch strongly denounces the unjustifiable and unlawful delay by the German authorities in transferring Kenan Ayas, a Kurdish political refugee and convicted person, from Germany to Cyprus to serve his sentence – as explicitly foreseen under...
Kenan’s appeal rejected, responsibility now lies with the Minister of Justice
The German Federal Court has issued its decision on the appeal of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayas. Kenan, who was sentenced to four years and three months in prison by the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg on September 2, 2024, appealed because the only charge against him,...
Press Release of the defence of Kenan Ayas
On 6 January 2025, the defence of Kenan Ayas filed the grounds for their appeal. Kenan Ayas is appealing the verdict of the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of 2 September 2024, which sentenced Kenan Ayas to four years and three months in prison. As the defence...