from Kurdish Cat gener 09, 2021 translation TheFreeOnline

The Tevgera Jinên Kurd France / Mouvement des Femmes Kurdes en France (TJK-F) organized the march from the Gare de Nord at 2 pm to the Place République on January 9 and requested participation.

Thousands of exiled Kurds have taken part. There have been simultaneous demonstrations by Kurdish communities in Rennes (Brittany), Marseille and Toulouse (Occitania) and Strasbourg (Alsace).

Movements such as the Maoist Partizan, formed by Turkish exiles, the PCF or Parti de Gauche have supported it. Demonstrations commemorate the 8th anniversary of the assassination of Kurdish militants Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez (Sara, Rojbîn and Ronahî) with the slogan ‘Paris has ordered the Erdogan massacre, judge ! ‘.

The hunger strike of Kurdish political prisoners is already spreading to one hundred prisons with 2,500 strikers

on Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Indefinite rotation hunger strikes began on November 27, 2020 by political prisoners in Turkey. The aim is to protest against the conditions of isolation of the prisons of the leader of the Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK) and the Partiya Azadiya Jin in Kurdistan (Liberation Party …

Anderson calls for release of Kurdish political prisoner Leyla Guven

22 December, 2020 – by Martina Anderson MEPEmailFacebookGoogle+Twitter

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Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called for the release of Kurdish former MP and political prisoner Leyla Guven who has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. 

Martina Anderson said: 

“I was shocked to learn of the 22 year sentence handed down to former Kurdish MP and hunger striker, Leyla Guven. 

“She was sentenced on 18 spurious and politically motivated charges arising from her involvement in the campaign for autonomy for the Kurdish people. 

“She was previously imprisoned and went on hunger strike to call for an end to the isolation of Kurdish political leader Abdullah Ocalan.

“I visited her while in her home while she was on hunger strike and was impressed by her dignity, determination and courage. 

“This sentence is entirely political and Leyla Guven should be released immediately along with Abdullah Ocalan to assist the peace process in the region.”