On the 30th day of the trial against Kenan Ayaz, the State Security Senate at Hamburg Higher Regional Court once again showed that it is indifferent to the public's access to the trial. The Kurdish politician and activist Kenan Ayaz has been on trial in Hamburg for a...
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Day 29 – How important are freedom of expression and freedom of assembly?
In the trial against Kenan Ayaz, the State Protection Senate at Hamburg Higher Regional Court has once again made it clear that it will not oppose the reason of state to condemn any Kurdish expression as terrorist. Anyone who attended even one of the 29 days of the...
Day 28 – The Long March organised by the PKK?
The Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz is accused of being a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The adventurous way in which the court would like to prove this became apparent on the last day of the trial. On 2 May 2024, the German defence lawyers Antonia von der...
Day 27 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: Court rejects questioning of state security informant
In the trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz, the State Security Senate at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg rejected the defense's request for a written questioning of a VS informant because of the "particular danger of the PKK". In today's trial against...
Day 26 – Publicity as an impertinence for the court
In the trial against Kenan Ayaz, the State Security Senate at Hamburg Higher Regional Court has once again made it clear that it does not attach great importance to publicity and considers it to be an imposition. The trial against Kenan Ayaz continued at Hamburg...
Day 25 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: Further dates scheduled until August
In the trial of the PKK against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz in Hamburg, the behavior of The Office for the Protection of the Constitution comes to the fore. The defense has requested a written examination of the informants. The trial against Kurdish politician...
Days 23&24 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: All motions for evidence by the defence rejected
On the 24th day of the trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz in Hamburg, the court rejected all motions for evidence and accused the defence of spreading conspiracy theories. The trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz continued at Hamburg Higher...
Day 22 – Kenan Ayaz’s release from prison requested again
In the PKK trial in Hamburg, Kenan Ayaz's defence lawyer has submitted an extensive motion to clarify the political nature of the proceedings and the prosecution's indictment. The trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz continued at Hamburg Higher Regional...
Day 21 – OLG Hamburg: The court shows its face
In the trial against Kenan Ayaz before the Hamburg Higher Regional Court, presiding judge Wende-Spohrs makes it clear what she is trying to do with this trial: demonstrate her position of power - both to Kenan Ayaz, his defense and to the visitors. HAMBURG Thursday,...
Kenan Ayas’ statement, regarding the expert report of Dr. Seufert, which the German Court did not allow him to complete
Throughout the judicial process against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayas, from the Larnaca District Court to the High Court and of course the High District Court of Hamburg, there has been a violation of his right to defend himself. One of these moments was the...