Intensified persecution against Kurdish movement The Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison in Hamburg. Cansu Özdemir (Die Linke) speaks of a fatal signal for the rule of law and the opposition in Kurdistan and Turkey....
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Day 39 – Kenan Ayaz: Why won’t Europe solve the Kurdish question?
Kenan Ayaz was able to continue his plea in the §129b proceedings before the Hamburg Higher Regional Court. He analysed the resistance of the Kurds over the last 100 years and asked about Europe's responsibility in the Kurdish question. The courtroom was once again...
Day 38 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: analysing the history of Kurdistan
Kenan Ayaz, the Kurd on trial for PKK membership in Hamburg, continued his plea by addressing the ‘divide and rule’ strategy of the European hegemonic powers. The judge threatened to exclude the public. On Tuesday, Kenan Ayaz (officially Ayas) was able to continue his...
Day 37 – Hamburg PKK trial: Kenan Ayaz continues ‘last word’
Activist Kenan Ayaz, accused of PKK membership, has given the Hamburg Higher Regional Court a historical classification of the Kurdistan conflict and the political and social oppression of the population by hegemonic powers in the Middle East. Lesson in history In the...
Day 36 – Kenan Ayaz trial statement: Europeans must face up to their responsibility for the genocide
Kenan Ayaz, accused of PKK membership in Hamburg, was finally able to continue his trial statement. The Kurdish activist gave the court an exciting lesson in history. The trial against Kenan Ayaz for membership of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has continued at...
Day 35 – Kenan Ayaz’s trial statement: I am not a terrorist
In his closing statement, Kenan Ayaz, a Kurdish man accused of being a PKK member in Hamburg, asks why Germany is not in favour of a solution to the Kurdistan conflict. The State Security Senate speaks of a degradation of the court. The trial against Kenan Ayaz for...
Day 34 – Power games by the judge in the Kenan Ayaz case
Many interested people came to Hamburg Higher Regional Court again today to hear the closing statement of Kenan Ayaz, the Kurd accused of PKK membership. After 15 minutes it was all over, the trial was adjourned until next Wednesday. In the trial against Kenan Ayaz,...
Day 33 – Kenan Ayaz’s last word postponed
In the trial against the Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz, the defendant was due to make his closing statement today, but the auditorium at Hamburg Higher Regional Court was full. The trial was adjourned until Thursday. Fight against the public at Hamburg Higher Regional...
Day 32 – “Collateral damage to German-Turkish relations”
In the PKK trial in Hamburg, the defence of Kenan Ayaz pointed out the political dimension of the proceedings and pleaded for acquittal. Intelligence service statements are naturally the exact opposite of evidence due to a lack of verifiability. The main trial against...
Day 31 – Federal prosecutor demands four and a half years for Kenan Ayas
In the trial against Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz in Hamburg, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office is demanding a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence. Observers feel like they are in Turkey The trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz, who has now been on...