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....
The Kurdish militant Kenan Ayaz has been sentenced to 4 years and 3 months imprisonment by the Hanseatic High District Court in Hamburg. At the court hearing on Monday 2 September, Kenan Ayaz completed his own plea and heard his sentence from the three-judge court on...
by Demis Papadopoulos The trial of Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz in Germany is a pivotal moment, challenging notions of terrorism, human rights, and political activism. As Ayaz faces a 4.5-year prison sentence for alleged terrorist activities, the case represents a...
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...
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...
Kenan Ayaz has been on trial in Hamburg since November. He is accused of organizing demonstrations for the PKK. Could this be terrorism? An article by Bartholomew von Laffert The visitors' room in Holstenglacis remand prison is stuffy and cramped. A man in a blue and...
Activist Kenan Ayaz, accused of PKK membership, has given the Hamburg Higher Regional Court a historical classification of the Kurdistan conflict and the political and social oppression of the population by hegemonic powers in the Middle East. Lesson in history In the...
Kenan Ayaz, accused of PKK membership in Hamburg, was finally able to continue his trial statement. The Kurdish activist gave the court an exciting lesson in history. The trial against Kenan Ayaz for membership of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has continued at...
In his closing statement, Kenan Ayaz, a Kurdish man accused of being a PKK member in Hamburg, asks why Germany is not in favour of a solution to the Kurdistan conflict. The State Security Senate speaks of a degradation of the court. The trial against Kenan Ayaz for...
Many interested people came to Hamburg Higher Regional Court again today to hear the closing statement of Kenan Ayaz, the Kurd accused of PKK membership. After 15 minutes it was all over, the trial was adjourned until next Wednesday. In the trial against Kenan Ayaz,...
In the trial against the Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz, the defendant was due to make his closing statement today, but the auditorium at Hamburg Higher Regional Court was full. The trial was adjourned until Thursday. Fight against the public at Hamburg Higher Regional...
In the PKK trial in Hamburg, the defence of Kenan Ayaz pointed out the political dimension of the proceedings and pleaded for acquittal. Intelligence service statements are naturally the exact opposite of evidence due to a lack of verifiability. The main trial against...