The fight for freedom continues in Cyprus, right after his extradition, initiatives from the anarchist and anti-authoritarian space, the legal team, and representatives from the Kurdish movement in cyprus have created a humanitarian monitor. It has as its main axioms being defending, informing and promoting struggle for the freedom of Kenan.
For Kenan
An apology to Kenan Ayas, by Costis Efstathiou
My friend and comrade Kenan, I apologize to you. I apologize to you for not being asked by the leaders of power in my country. My shared homeland that you loved and believed in so much. My little homeland that groans under the boot of the Turkish conqueror, just like...
Today’s shame will weigh on us for years – Cyprus in the role of “Pangalos” by Christos Petrou
In 1999, by decision of the Greek government of Kostas Simitis and in particular of the then Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangallos, the leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, was handed to Turkey on a plate. "He was hanging over all the towers, asking to land, no one...
Το Sell our soul to the devil but with… legitimacy by Aristos Michaelides
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...
Five Observations On the Kenan Ayas Case by George Koukoumas
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....
It’s cold on May nights in Nicosia, Kenan by George Perdikis
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...
What will you say to Theophilos Georgiades? by Alekos Michaelides
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...