The decision of the Larnaca District Court on the case of the Kurdish militant Kenan Agias is disappointing and worrying. As it is known, Kenan Agias, a recognized political refugee who has been living in Cyprus for ten years, was arrested on the basis of a European...
letter to the Minister of Justice, Anna Koukkidou - Prokopiou, requesting her to take a position on the fate of the Kurdish fighter Kenan Ayas, was sent by MPs George Koukoumas and Kostis Efstathiou and George Perdikis and Eleni Theocharous, denouncing at the same...
The minimum form of support for the Kurdish struggle against oppression and persecution by the Turkish regime is to ask for the non-extradition to Germany of the Kurdish Kenan Ayas, who is a recognised political refugee and has been living in Cyprus for a decade. If...
The appeal filed by political refugee Kenan Ayas was unanimously rejected today by the Supreme Court, resulting in his immediate extradition to the German authorities. It is expected that following the Supreme Court's decision, Kenan Ayas will be transferred to...
His temporary cell is located above the "Imprisoned Tombs", above the cells of the EOKA fighters and especially those on death row. It was the first conversation of Ibrahim's brother as we passed through the Central Prison. Kenan repeated it in the visiting room, one...
The absolute truth is that the persecution of Kenan Ayas is political. Nothing else. Politics. What was presented against him by Germany, which issued the warrant, and Turkey, which is the first persecutor, are the pretexts and expedients that give legitimacy. The...
A Kurdish fighter, a recognized refugee to whom the Republic of Cyprus granted asylum, a man who is not accused of any criminal or terrorist act, was handed over by the Cypriot state to Germany to be tried on charges of terrorism. Some remarks on the matter: First....
As we gather - even us few - every two or three days and demonstrate in the streets and squares of Nicosia... As your relatives and friends camp outside the Supreme Court with their souls in their mouths and the rain lashing them, waiting... As in your homeland on...
A ghost hovers over Cyprus, the ghost of justice. As of yesterday, justice committed suicide before the Supreme Court following the decision to extradite the Kurdish militant Kenan Ayas to Germany. He could not stand it. It could not stand its rape and the rhetoric...
A unanimous decision to reject the appeal of Kurd Kenan Ayas was issued today by the Supreme Court, ratifying the first instance decision to extradite him to Germany. Amidst tension, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Kenan Ayas, who remains in custody. The...
Before Supreme Court Judges Katerina Stamatiou, Haris Malachtou and Ioannis Ioannidis, Kurdish Kenan Ayas for the hearing of his appeal against the first instance decision of the Larnaca District Court to extradite him to Germany. The proceedings lasted about two...
A Pre-trial procedure took place, for the examination of the appeal filed on Friday 21.04.23, by the defence counsel Efstathios Efstathiou, against the decision of the Larnaca District Court, dated 19/04/23. The hearing of the appeal was scheduled for May 9, while the...