The protests took place as part of an action carried out in the Swiss city of Bern protesting the Davos economic forum. In Bern 5,000 demonstrators protested the World Economic Forum attended by world leaders including US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Kurdish and Turkish refugees and migrants marched together with … Read more
Members of the Kurdish community and representatives of various Kurdish institutions met in Yerevan to protest the Turkish state’s military action in Shengal. The air-strikes carried out by Turkey hit Yazidi communities previously threatened by ISIS and have been condemned by activists across the world. Activists marched into the United Nations building in the city … Read more
The Turkish president faced protests from feminist, civil society groups and Kurdish community groups during his visit to Berlin starting on Sunday the 19th of January. Erdoğan’s visit is part of a conference on the on-going Libyan civil war which the Turkish state has been criticised for intervening in. A coalition of groups and activists … Read more
Recent air strikes by the Turkish military in the area of Northern Iraq known as Shengal (or Sinjar in Arabic) have prompted a wave of protests across Europe. Such air strikes have occurred before and often target Kurdish political groups including fighters who defended the Yazidi community in the area against ISIS’ genocidal attacks. Such … Read more
Protesters in Braunschweig Germany took action against Volkswagen and the company’s links to Turkey. On the 7th of January activists blocked the entrance to VW’s facilities in the city calling on the company to respect the international boycott of the Turkish state. Volkswagen is currently considering building a large-scale factory in Turkey which would represent … Read more
After the arrests of four journalists in Turkey, the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) reiterated its concerns regarding Turkey’s crackdown on the press. Following this news the IOHR noted how “Turkey remains the worst jailer of journalists globally.” The recent arrests were justified through rhetoric by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan painting his political opponents and … Read more
Members of the EZLN expressed their solidarity with the gender revolution in Rojava and Syria. The call for solidarity occurred during the Zapatistas’ “Second International Meeting of Women Who Fight” attended by 3,500 women from across the world. The Zapatistas have held their autonomous territories in the Mexican state of Chiapas since their uprising in … Read more
Activists from Marseilles taking part in the general strike challenging Macron’s neoliberal reforms, expressed their solidarity with Rojava.
On the 27th of December in Stockholm activists held a rally in solidarity with Kurds and others facing repression in Iran and from the Turkish state in Rojava. The Solidarity Committee with Iran and Rojava, the Coalition against the Massacres of the Islamic State, the Democratic Platform of Iran and the Iranian-Swedish Workers Solidarity Committee … Read more
During a four-day visit to Tunisia by the Turkish president Erdoğan, which began on the 25th of December, Tunisian protesters took to the streets to denounce Erdoğan. Tunisian activists protested the “Turkish intervention” in Libya. Calling for a negotiated solution in Libya, the crowd pointed out that the country has already suffered heavy losses and … Read more