Freedom for Ocalan

The Freedom for Öcalan campaign is a UK trade union-backed initiative to secure the release of imprisoned Kurdish political prisoner Abdullah Öcalan.In 2017 the annual meeting of the TUC voted unanimously for a motion calling for Mr Öcalan's immediate release and a return to peace talks between Turkey and representatives of the Kurdish people.This podcast is to keep supporters and affiliates up to date on the campaign and developments in the region.

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Freedom for Ocalan

The Freedom For Ocalan Report - November 25th 2020 with guest Nik Mathieou

November 25, 2020 • Freedom for Ocalan • Season 1 • Episode 4

The Freedom for Ocalan Report is a production of the trade union Freedom for Ocalan campaign.

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Our guest in this episode is Nik Matheou - Internationalist with the Kurdish Freedom Movement.

Sources for this episode -

US commissioner impressed by Rojava religious freedom, ethnic equality - https://www.rudaw.net/english/interview/21112020

Turkey Detains 72 Kurdish Lawyers and Rights Activists - https://balkaninsight.com/2020/11/20/turkey-detains-72-kurdish-lawyers-and-rights-activists/

Kurds ‘oppressed’ in Turkey: top Erdogan aide - https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/201120201

Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal reshapes regional geopolitics - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/10/nagorno-karabakh-peace-deal-turkey-russia-reshapes-regional-geopolitics

Turkey blocks EU inspection of cargo vessel travelling to Libya - https://www.euronews.com/2020/11/23/turkey-blocks-an-eu-mission-inspection-of-a-cargo-vessel-travelling-to-libya

Please support the open enquiry from the UK Parliament APPG on Kurdistan in Syria and Turkey - Terms of reference and details for how to make a submission pinned at the APPG Twitter account

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