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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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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.

    The Freedom For Ocalan Report - January 2021 with guest Viyan Qerecox

    The Freedom For Ocalan Report - January 2021 with guest Viyan Qerecox

    The Freedom for Ocalan Report is a production of the trade union Freedom for Ocalan campaign. WWW.FREEDOMFOROCALAN.ORGTwitter - @OcalanFreePatreon - https://www.patreon.com/FreedomForOcalanOur guest in this episode is Viyan Qerecox - Internationalist with the Kurdish Freedom Movement.Sources for this episode -66 women killed, 149 abducted, 178 tortured in Afrin - https://anfenglish.com/news/66-women-...Afrin Human Rights Organisation appeals to the UN: ‘Stop the attacks on Tall Rifat’ - https...

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

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

    The Freedom for Ocalan Report is a production of the trade union Freedom for Ocalan campaign. WWW.FREEDOMFOROCALAN.ORGTwitter - @OcalanFreePatreon - https://www.patreon.com/FreedomForOcalanOur 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 ...

    • 1 hr 16 min
    The Freedom for Ocalan Report - October 28th with Elif Sarican

    The Freedom for Ocalan Report - October 28th with Elif Sarican

    The Freedom for Ocalan Report is a production of the trade union Freedom for Ocalan campaign. WWW.FREEDOMFOROCALAN.ORGTwitter - @OcalanFreePatreon - https://www.patreon.com/FreedomForOcalanOur guest in this episode is Elif Sarican - Co-Chair of The Kurdish Assembly UK.Sources for this episode -Database former ISIS fighters - https://rojavainformationcenter.com/2020/10/database-former-isis-members-now-part-of-turkish-backed-forces-in-sere-kaniye-and-tel-abyad/Council of Europe discusses t...

    • 39 min
    Episode 3: Nik Matheou - Democratic Confederalism

    Episode 3: Nik Matheou - Democratic Confederalism

    In this episode, we speak to Nik Matheou solidarity organiser and activists with the Kurdish liberation movement, about the political philosophy developed by Abdullah Ocalan - Democratic Confederalism.Developed in part whilst Ocalan is subjected to the brutal and extreme isolation of Imrali prison Island, Democratic Confederalism is a radical form of grassroots democracy that represents a departure from the emphasis on statehood many liberation movements include.In this episode Nik explains;✊...

    • 53 min
    Episode 2: Shavanah Taj - Turkeys deterioration into a police state

    Episode 2: Shavanah Taj - Turkeys deterioration into a police state

    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...

    • 42 min
    Episode 1: Elif Sarican - Operation Peace Spring & Humanitarian Law

    Episode 1: Elif Sarican - Operation Peace Spring & Humanitarian Law

    In this episode, we speak with Elif Sarican, who you can follow on twitter @ElifXeyal about;The third month of the so-called "Operation Peace Spring"Erdogan’s attempt at ethnic cleansing and the international responseThe US withdrawal and the implicationsDemocracy in the Middle EastTurkeys support of ISISThe recent attacks on the Yazidi and the continuation of ISIS policy against them by the Turkish stateAnd more…….📣Please support our campaign by directing your browser to www.freedomfor...

    • 40 min

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