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 and Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, George Koukumas.
Kurds and German citizens were outside the court building shortly before the start of the trial in support of the Kurdish fighter.
Speaking to ASTRA, the AKEL MP pointed out that the indictment faced by the Kurdish activist does not contain a single word attributing any violent, terrorist or criminal organisation to him.
He is accused, as he explained, for his political activity in the Kurdish political organisation of Europe which the German authorities arbitrarily link to the PKK which they arbitrarily define as a terrorist organisation.
Koukumas said that the Republic of Cyprus had an obligation to refuse to extradite Ayas to Germany as he stressed that the EU and the Republic of Cyprus legislation explicitly states that a state should refuse to execute a warrant when the arrest of a person concerns his political activity.
He indicated that regardless of the outcome of the trial, the Christodoulides’ government remains exposed for what it did by extraditing Ayas to Germany.