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 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...
Federal Public Prosecutor demands 4 years and 6 months imprisonment for Kenan Ayas.
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, 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...
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...
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...
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...
The court's 15 interim rulings on defense motions marked the 12th of April hearing in the trial of Kurdish Kenan Ayaz at the Federal District Court in Hamburg. The trial is heading towards its final stages and, under German law, the parties are allowed to submit...
A different afternoon was experienced in Eleftherias Square on April 4. It was the birthday of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, who for 25 years has been in isolation in the Turkish prison of Kalolimnos and whose fate has been unknown since March 2021 when he had...
"The history of our peoples is common, our destiny is common and the path of the hero Theophilos Georgiades proves it. And it is one of the reasons why we love Cyprus as our second home. We fight through the ideology of Theophilos, who worked hard for the Kurdish...