GMB and Unite campaign to free Kurdish leader imprisoned in Turkey sends ‘birthday greeting’ via British ambassador
MARKING THE 69th birthday of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, a UK trade union campaign calling for his freedom has sent a birthday card and pointed letter to British Ambassador to Turkey, Sir Dominick Chilcott.
Human ‘statue’ of Kurdish symbol of resistance unveiled in Dundee
ACTIVISTS IN Dundee demonstrated solidarity with the Kurdish people in Northern Syria this Saturday (24 March) by unveiling a human ‘statue’ of Kawa the Blacksmith, a symbol of resistance.
Campaigners from Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan (SSK) came together with the Dundee Trades Union Council to oppose ongoing Turkish aggression in the region.
Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan member Sarah Glynn explores the symbolism behind the fall of a statue in northern Syria last week
WHEN, last Sunday, the Turkish invaders wanted to stamp their presence on the predominantly Kurdish city of Afrîn in northern Syria, one of the first things that they did was pull down a statue.
Europe must not bow to Turkish pressure to silence Kurdish people, says Scottish solidarity movement
SCOTTISH SOLIDARITY WITH KURDISTAN has welcomed the release of Syrian-Kurdish leader Salih Muslim following his arrest in the Czech Republic on Sunday, but said it could set a dangerous precedent if European countries will act at Turkey’s behest.
Turkish assault on Kurdish-controlled Afrin condemned by cross-party parliamentarians
AMID TURKISH airstrikes and ground attacks in Northern Syria with the aim of removing the Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units), SNP MP Chris Stephens wrote to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Wednesday, urging him to take action to end the violence.
‘Glasgow Girl’ Roza Salih speaks to CommonSpace about the Kurdish people’s global struggle for equality and autonomy, and how revolutionaries in Syria have succeeded in creating a radical democracy with women at its core
“MANY countries in the Middle East have forgotten women’s role - they have forgotten 50 per cent of the population.” Roza Salih, co-founder of Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan, tells CommonSpace how the new governance system established in Rojava, Northern Syria, is revolutionary in more ways than one.
Kurdish community centre and homes raided by plain clothes police
THE Kurdish Community Centre and a number of Kurdish families in Edinburgh experienced raids by plain clothes police officers in the early hours of Wednesday (30 August) morning.
Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan and the Kurdish Community Centre condemned the raids as “an open form of racism” and have said that they believe that pressure from the Turkish consulate is behind the raids.
CommonSpace columnist Siobhan Tolland says UK Prime Minister Theresa May has shown her true colours after deals with the US and Turkey
IT'S been a good week for the fascists and a bad week for everyone else.
Donald Trump is speeding up his racist segregation and shutting down the borders like, well, like the unstable, nuke-wielding fascist he really is. It’s an extremely difficult part of history to sit by and watch, feeling helpless.
Turkish President continues suppression of Kurds following failed coup
SCOTTISH KURDISH solidarity campaigners are stepping up their activities in defence of the civil liberties of Kurds and everyone living in Turkey in the face of an accelerating crackdown in the country.
Dissidents of various creeds and ideological backgrounds are facing a worsening assault, with Kurds, a traditionally persecuted group in Turkish society and the wider region, facing the brunt.
Scots solidarity campaigners plan further protests at the Turkish consulate in Edinburgh
SCOTTISH Green MSP Ross Greer has called upon the Turkish state to release a Kurdish MP arrested as part of a vicious crackdown on political dissent in Turkey.
Leyla Birlik, a People’s Democratic Party (HDP) MP for Sirnak, was arrested along with around a dozen fellow MPs from the leftwing Kurdish party last week (Friday 4 November).
