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...
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...
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...
The trial of Kenan Ayas began on Friday with the opening statements at the Hamburg District Court. The Kurdish fighter appeared to be thriving, despite the suffering from the particularly harsh conditions of his detention. Outside the court, a solidarity event was...
G.Koukumas: Ayas accused for his political activity - Christodoulides' government is exposed Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz is on trial today on terrorism charges at the Supreme Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany.The trial at the German Court is being attended by AKEL MP...
A spontaneous rally in solidarity with Kurdish fighter Kenan Ayas took place in Nicosia tonight. Kurds and Cypriots gathered at the German embassy near the Presidential Palace, on the occasion of the start of the court proceedings tomorrow (3/11) at the Hamburg High...
After one and a half month from his meeting with his defence attorney in the Hamburg maximum security prison, we have received a letter written by Kenan on the day of his meeting with Mr. Efstathiou. The letter follows: Today I met with my defense lawyer Efstathiou....
The Kurdish political refugee Kenan Ayas, who has been in detention since March 15, due to a German arrest and extradition warrant for suspected membership in a terrorist organization, sent a message to the Cypriot people in the past few days. Ayas sends his...
Last Thursday, May 4, a protest was held in Nicosia against the extradition of Kenan Ayas to Germany. On the same day, the Kurdish fighter detained in Cyprus started an indefinite hunger strike. The protest march organised by an anarchist group in Nicosia was also...
He was first arrested in 1991, at the age of 17, on charges of participating in a demonstration. It was a time when the PKK was active in the mountains and in the cities, a time when the Kurdish movement was united and relentless. Ocalan had succeeded in uniting...