Federal Public Prosecutor demands 4 years and 6 months imprisonment for Kenan Ayas.
Joint press release of the defense of Kenan Ayas
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Day 31 – Federal prosecutor demands four and a half years for Kenan Ayas
In the trial against Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz in Hamburg, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office is demanding a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence. Observers feel like they are in Turkey The trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz, who has now been on...
Journalist Serdar Karakoç released on parole
Journalist Serdar Karakoç, who was detained in the Netherlands upon Germany's extradition request, was conditionally released by the court today. Karakoç, who was brought to court today, was conditionally released until his trial on 24 July. Setting a 5 thousand euro...
Solidarity rally for prisoners Ayaz and Saka
Solidarity rally for prisoners Ayaz and Saka, Kurdistanis met in front of the prison for the prisoners Kenan Ayaz Kadir Saka in Hamburg. A solidarity rally was organised in front of the prison for Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz, who was extradited to Germany after being...
Day 30 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: Court rejects more than 70 motions for evidence
On the 30th day of the trial against Kenan Ayaz, the State Security Senate at Hamburg Higher Regional Court once again showed that it is indifferent to the public's access to the trial. The Kurdish politician and activist Kenan Ayaz has been on trial in Hamburg for a...
Press release of the defense of Kenan Ayas: One year after the extradition of Kenan Ayas to Germany, expectations of the trial in Germany not fulfilled
On June 2, 2023, Kenan Ayas was extradited from Cyprus to Germany. He had been arrested in Cyprus on March 15, 2023, on the basis of a European arrest warrant issued by Germany for membership in the PKK, although he was only accused of peaceful activities. The...
Day 29 – How important are freedom of expression and freedom of assembly?
In the trial against Kenan Ayaz, the State Protection Senate at Hamburg Higher Regional Court has once again made it clear that it will not oppose the reason of state to condemn any Kurdish expression as terrorist. Anyone who attended even one of the 29 days of the...
Day 28 – The Long March organised by the PKK?
The Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz is accused of being a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The adventurous way in which the court would like to prove this became apparent on the last day of the trial. On 2 May 2024, the German defence lawyers Antonia von der...
Big mistake: Nicosia sent the Kurdish fighter Kenan Ayas to the Germans for a mock trial, he is at risk of deportation to authoritarian Turkey
Ιn each hearing at the Supreme Regional Court of Hanseatic, the feeling that the president of the court (and not the accusers) is being led astray by a pre-decided decision she has already taken against the Kurdish activist Kenan Ayas, writes the Phileleftheros...
CYPRUS CONDEMNS THE RAID OF KURDISH MEDIA
We strongly condemn the raid by the Belgian police on the Brussels-based Kurdish media "Sterk tv", "Medya News" and "The Voice of Kurdistan". These raids were carried out while the 'Kurdish Journalism Day' was being celebrated and without any justification. These are...
Day 27 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: Court rejects questioning of state security informant
In the trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz, the State Security Senate at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg rejected the defense's request for a written questioning of a VS informant because of the "particular danger of the PKK". In today's trial against...
Day 26 – Publicity as an impertinence for the court
In the trial against Kenan Ayaz, the State Security Senate at Hamburg Higher Regional Court has once again made it clear that it does not attach great importance to publicity and considers it to be an imposition. The trial against Kenan Ayaz continued at Hamburg...