In this episode, we speak to Shavanah Taj General Secretary of TUC Wales about her recent experience as part of an international peace delegation to Imrali island prison.
The delegation set out to petition the Turkish government to allow them to visit imprisoned Kurdish political leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been detained at Turkeys equivalent of Robben Island for 21 years.
The delegation was denied this basic human right but was able to meet with progressive unions and representatives of The People’s Democratic Party (HDP).
In this episode Shavanah explains;
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This was a production of the UK based trade union-backed Freedom for Ocalan campaign.
The campaign is fighting to end the brutal and cruel imprisonment of Kurdish political leader Abdullah Ocalan.
We stand shoulder to shoulder with the Kurdish people in their struggle for liberty and freedom from oppression and with all progressive forces in Turkey.
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More information at www.freedomforocalan.org