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Federal Public Prosecutor demands 4 years and 6 months imprisonment for Kenan Ayas.

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...

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...

Today, the defense filed a motion on behalf of Kenan Ayas to dismiss the panel of three judges because they showed bias against Kenan Ayas.   The defense had no choice but to make this extraordinary request because the court showed bias against Kenan Ayas by...

The Observatory for the Trial of Kenan Ayas expresses and conveys its anger, so that the two Cypriot courts and the Cypriot government, which consented to and allowed the extradition of the Kurdish fighter to Germany, may feel it. The ultimate humiliation for the...

The Criminal case against Kenan Ayas is in the interest of Turkey Erdoğan praises German judiciary for criminal charges against Kurdish activist Kenan Ayas   During his visit to Germany, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan explicitly praised the German...

The trial of the Kurdish activist Kenan Ayas started on Friday morning, November 3, 2023, at the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg.   There was a strong Cypriot presence inside and outside the court with amongst others the Cypriot Member of Parliament G. Koukouma...

On November 3, 2023, the trial of the Kurdish activist Kenan Ayas will begin before the eyes of the Cypriot public at the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany. In 1993, at the age of 18, Kenan Ayas was illegally imprisoned in Turkey for 11 years and subjected to...

The trial against Kenan Ayas is scheduled to begin on November 3rd at the Hamburg Higher Regional Court.  The court rejected the motion to dismiss the charges and the motion to release Kenan Ayas from custody.   The court sided with the prosecution and dismissed all...

On September 25, Kenan Ayas' defense team filed a motion with the Hamburg Higher Regional Court to Dismiss the charges and release Kenan Ayas from custody. The defence argued that the indictment filed by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office on August 3 does not provide...

THE EXTRADITION OF KENAN AYAS IS THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CYPRIOT STATE IN THE GENOCIDE OF THE KURDISH PEOPLE AND THE SILENCING OF THE ANTI-SYSTEMIC MOVEMENTS In the era of individualism, de-politicization and weak or non-existent organized popular movements, it is...