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NEWS
- Why is Erdoğan suddenly “flirting” with the EU?
- Two Kurdish politicians beheaded after being kidnapped by jihadists in northern Syria
- HDP announces campaign with four main themes
- Feryal Clark demands urgent action over socialist disappeared in Turkey
- Two female local politicians executed near Hesekê
- Turkish aggression kills 3 civilians, injures 6 others in Til Rifat – UPDATE
- Long March from Hanau to Strasbourg in February
- British parliamentary question on CPT Report on Imrali
- Massacre in Tal Rif’at, 3 martyrs and 6 injuries by Turkish Occupation
- Turkish defense chief’s Iraqi visit: What to expect?
- European Parliament: Release Selahattin Demirtaş, all prisoners of conscience
- Europe calls on Turkey to ‘release political prisoners’
- Turkey’s defense minister presses Baghdad, Erbil for cooperation against PKK
- Warrant against journalist Cengiz Çandar
- Feminist human rights center documents crimes in Afrin
- Ocalan’s nephew accuses human rights groups of ignoring jailed PKK leader’s plight
- Boğaziçi students remember Dink: ‘For Hrant, for justice’
- Chomsky: The Rojava Revolution is a miracle that the world must see
- Shocking new evidence in British supplies to Turkish killer drones
- PKK child abduction claims exposed as a smear by intelligence services
- British Airways stops exporting drone parts to Turkey
- HRW report on violations of rights in Turkey in 2020
- Law office: PKK leader not able to communicate with outside world since April 2020
- Hardworking Woman: Laila Guven’s arrest blatant legal breach
- 108 people face aggravated life sentence over 2014 protests in Kurdish-majority cities
- Idris Isso: isolation on Ocalan breach to international law
- For 3rd time, Turkey unleashes rabid dogs in northeastern Syria
- Germany seizes scientific book as photo of Öcalan is on cover
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- 6 year anniversary of the liberation of Kobanê
- (VIDEO) Interview with Dr. Don Matthews about Blackcentricity and Freedom Struggles
- American entrepreneurs wade into murky Syrian oil business
- Jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş stumped by Turkey’s ‘empty’ indictment – Demirtaş’s lawyer
- The crimes and violence of the Islamic Republic of Iran are a sign of the weakness of the regime!
- From Afrin to Kirkuk, Kurds suffered grievously under Trump – analysis
- Flashpoints in U.S.-Turkey Relations in 2021
- Democracy is finished – Erdogan now targets NGOs, renews threats against HDP
- Three Kurdish women activists transferred to IRGC detention center in Urmia: human rights organization
- What will Brett McGurk’s appointment mean for U.S.-Turkey relations?
- Exclusive: Longtime US Diplomat Weighs America’s Legacy in Syria
- New WhatsApp terms spark antitrust investigation, exodus from app in Turkey
- Turkey’s Frantic Gold Rush Points to a Financial Crisis Ahead
- A humanitarian disaster in Afrin
- (BOOK) Daughters of Smoke and Fire: A Novel Hardcover
- (BOOK REVIEW) “Daughters of Smoke and Fire” –A book review by Patrick Woodcock
PETITION
- Stop the Kurdophobia! Recognition of Kurd People Identity at the United Nations
WEBINARS
- Kurdish women in Kurdistan and abroad: Past, Present, and Future
- “The Left and the Cyprus Problem”
- “Are We Losing the World as We Know It?”
PODCAST
- Things are going to get tougher’ in US-Turkey relations, says Amberin Zaman
January 2021|Al-Monitor
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NEWS
- Why is Erdoğan suddenly “flirting” with the EU?
25 January 2021|Greek City Times
People have spoken about the sudden “flirtation” of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and with all the European ambassadors in his country in the shadow of the inauguration of the new U.S. President.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/23/erdogan-flirting-with-the-eu/
- Two Kurdish politicians beheaded after being kidnapped by jihadists in northern Syria
24 January 2021|Morning Star
Two female Kurdish politicians have been beheaded after being kidnapped by jihadists in Syria’s Heseke province in a blood-soaked weekend of violence in the semi-autonomous region.
- HDP announces campaign with four main themes
24 January 2021|ANF English
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is launching a multi-month campaign in February on four main issues: Isolation, hunger strike, Kobanê trial, and the recent European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling in the Demirtaş trial. This was announced by HDP chairpersons Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar at an online meeting of their party’s Local Governments Committee.
https://anfenglish.com/news/hdp-announces-campaign-with-four-main-themes-49538
- Feryal Clark demands urgent action over socialist disappeared in Turkey
24 January 2021|Morning Star
Britain’s first-ever female Kurdish MP Feryal Clark has called for urgent action over the disappearance of Socialist Party of the Oppressed supporter Gokhan Gunes. Ms Clarke, who was elected as Labour MP for Enfield North in December 2019, is urging Amnesty International to investigate the whereabouts of Mr Gunes, who has been missing since Wednesday.
- Two female local politicians executed near Hesekê
23 January 2021|ANF English
In northeastern Syria, two local politicians have been kidnapped and beheaded by unknown persons. The crime pattern points to ISIS sleeper cells. According to relatives, the two women had already been threatened several times in the name of the ISIS.
https://anfenglish.com/women/two-female-local-politicians-executed-near-heseke-49526
- Turkish aggression kills 3 civilians, injures 6 others in Til Rifat – UPDATE
23 January 2021|ANF English
The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against North-East Syria in an attempt to invade the entire region in violation of international law but enjoying a worldwide silence.
- Long March from Hanau to Strasbourg in February
23 January 2021|ANF English
In February, a long march to Strasbourg for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan will begin in Hanau. The international Öcalan action committee has published the latest state of preparations. There is a wide circle of supporters.
https://anfenglish.com/news/long-march-from-hanau-to-strasbourg-in-february-49516
- British parliamentary question on CPT Report on Imrali
23 January 2021|ANF English
MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle asked the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support the conclusion from the CPT on the unacceptable circumstances for prisoners on Turkey’s Imrali prison.
- Massacre in Tal Rif’at, 3 martyrs and 6 injuries by Turkish Occupation
23 January 2021|Hawar news Agency
identities of 3 martyrs and 6 injuries that were targeted in the shelling carried out by the Turkish Occupation Forces and the affiliated mercenary groups just a while ago were obtained by ANHA.
- Turkish defense chief’s Iraqi visit: What to expect?
22 January 2021|Arab News
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar’s recent visit to Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan has sparked speculation about an imminent joint military operation between Ankara, Baghdad and Irbil inside Iraqi territory against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). On Friday, Turkey’s President Erdogan hinted at the looming operation against PKK in Iraq’s Sinjar, saying, “We can come suddenly one night,” using the same sentence he used during previous Syria offensives.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1796801/middle-east
- European Parliament: Release Selahattin Demirtaş, all prisoners of conscience
22 January 2021|Bianet
Approving the resolution on the human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtaş and other prisoners of conscience, MEPs call on the country to follow the ECtHR orders to immediately release Demirtaş without any conditions.
- Europe calls on Turkey to ‘release political prisoners’
21 January 2021|Bianet
“We ask Turkey to follow the ECtHR orders to immediately release Demirtaş and Kavala, as well as all other political prisoners, including Cihan Erdal,” says Lagodinsky, the Chair of the EU-Turkey delegation of the European Parliament.
https://bianet.org/english/world/237925-europe-calls-on-turkey-to-release-political-prisoners
- Turkey’s defense minister presses Baghdad, Erbil for cooperation against PKK
21 January 2021|Bianet
After meeting senior Iraqi and KRG officials, Minister Akar has said they have agreed on many issues, including “removing the PKK from Shingal”. Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar has completed his two-day visit to Iraq, where he met the presidents and prime ministers of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government, as well as other senior officials.
- Warrant against journalist Cengiz Çandar
20 January 2021|Bianet
The court has issued a warrant against journalist Cengiz Çandar, who is standing trial over his social media posts about Ayşe Deniz Karacagil, known as “the girl with the red scarf” during the Gezi resistance of 2013 and killed by ISIS in Rojava, a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria
https://bianet.org/english/law/237849-warrant-against-journalist-cengiz-candar
- Feminist human rights center documents crimes in Afrin
20 January 2021|Hawar news Agency
The Research and Women’s Rights Protection Center in Syria documented the killing of 66 women in Afrin, and the kidnapping of more than 149 women at the hands of the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, while the number of injuries reached 178 cases of injury and assault. The Turkish occupation state launched a surprise attack on Afrin canton in January 2018, which led to its occupation in March of the same yearresulting in the most horrific violations against people in general and women in particular.
- Ocalan’s nephew accuses human rights groups of ignoring jailed PKK leader’s plight
20 January 2021|Monring Star
The nephew of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan accused international human rights organisations and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture today of ignoring his plight. The Kurdish leader was allowed to meet his lawyers for the first time in nearly eight years in 2019 and was also permitted a brief visit by his brother Mehmet.
- Boğaziçi students remember Dink: ‘For Hrant, for justice’
19 January 2021|Bianet
Protesting the appointment of Melih Bulu as their new university president since January 4, students of Boğaziçi have commemorated journalist Hrant Dink at their campus on the 14th anniversary of his assassination, in a racist murder in İstanbul on January 19, 2007.
https://bianet.org/english/human-rights/237829-bogazici-students-remember-dink-for-hrant-for-justice
- Chomsky: The Rojava Revolution is a miracle that the world must see
16 January 2021|ANF English
Noam Chomsky said that Rojava is going through a difficult process and that it is a miracle that it has survived until now. Noam Chomsky delivered the inaugural Rojava Freedom Lecture organised by the Department of Social Sciences of the Rojava University. “The main problem – Chomsky said – is how the attacks carried out by the Turkish state with the approval of the USA can be stopped”.
https://anfenglish.com/features/noam-chomsky-49368
- Shocking new evidence in British supplies to Turkish killer drones
15 January 2021|ANF English
Shocking new evidence reveals a six-year secret history of British supplied technology that has fuelled Turkey’s dirty drone wars. Brighton Against the Arms Trade (BAAT) claimed yesterday that multinational arms manufacturer EDO MBM has continued the clandestine sale of the Hornet micro-munition bomb rack to Turkey, despite a string of public denials.
https://anfenglish.com/features/ww-49345
- PKK child abduction claims exposed as a smear by intelligence services
15 January 2021|Morning Star
Investigative journalists in Iraqi Kurdistan have exposed reports of child abductions in the region as fake news created by intelligence services to smear the Kurdistan Workers Party. Proaktif Atolyle said that many of those who were allegedly kidnapped by the Kurdish freedom movement had been found at home with their families, the Firat News Agency reported today.
- British Airways stops exporting drone parts to Turkey
14 January 2021| Hawar news Agency
A British company has stopped supplying spare parts to the Turkish company, Baykar Makina, specializing in the manufacture of UAVs, exports to Turkey after discovering the use of its components in the Artsakh / Karabakh conflict, according to the Armenian survey site (hetq). The Armenian embassy contacted the British company (Andair Ltd) about the use of its parts in the recent Karabakh conflict, according to Armenian Public Radio.
https://www.hawarnews.com/en/haber/british-airways-stops-exporting-drone-parts-to-turkey-h22205.html
- HRW report on violations of rights in Turkey in 2020
14 January 2021|Bianet
Human Rights Watch has released its World Report 2021. The Turkey chapter of the report has documented the violations of rights and the government’s pressure targeting the press and judiciary over the past year. “The president’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the allied far-right MHP enjoy a parliamentary majority enabling them to consolidate authoritarian rule by passing rushed legislation that contravenes international human rights obligations,” the report added.
https://bianet.org/english/human-rights/237533-hrw-report-on-violations-of-rights-in-turkey-in-2020
- Law office: PKK leader not able to communicate with outside world since April 2020
13 January 2021|Bianet
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners at the İmralı High-Security Type-F Prison have not been able to communicate with the outside world since a phone call with their families on April 27, 2020, their attorneys have said. The four prisoners at the İmralı Prison had one meeting and one phone conversation with their family members, according to their attorneys.
- Hardworking Woman: Laila Guven’s arrest blatant legal breach
11 January 2021| Hawar news Agency
The Hardworking Woman Committee has called on the international community to take it’s responsibility in reference to arrest of parliamentarian Laila Guven, stressing that ” it is a breach against freedom and human rights”.
- 108 people face aggravated life sentence over 2014 protests in Kurdish-majority cities
8 January 2021| Hawar news Agency
The court has accepted the indictment that was prepared more than six years after the incidents that claimed more than 40 lives in the eastern and southeastern provinces. The protests began in late September when ISIS launched an offensive to take over Kobanê, a Kurdish town in northern Syria. Incidents between different protesting groups and the police response to protesters turned violent from October 6.
- Idris Isso: isolation on Ocalan breach to international law
7 January 2021| Hawar news Agency
Member of the Lawyers’ Union in the Jazira Canton Idris Isso denounced the isolation imposed on leader Abdullah Ocalan by the Turkish authorities, saying:” international laws are being violated by the Turkish State, as all political detainees are titled to a fair trial in accordance with the concerned laws”.
- For 3rd time, Turkey unleashes rabid dogs in northeastern Syria
5 January 2021| Hawar news Agency
The Turkish occupation state unleashed about 50 dogs this evening, from the Kharza border gate towards ed-Darbasiyah, and they are believed to be rabid dogs carrying dangerous diseases. This is the third time that the people have seen the Turkish occupation state unleashing fierce dogs believed to be rabid towards the villages of north and east Syria from the border areas adjacent to Amuda and ed-Dirbasiyah in al-Hasakah and Qamishlo cantons, causing a state of fear and panic among the people.
- Germany seizes scientific book as photo of Öcalan is on cover
31 December 2020| |ANF News
The Düsseldorf Customs have confiscated 500 books because the photo of Abdullah Öcalan is depicted on the cover. The editors of the book on the Kurdish question are renown scientists Thomas Jeffrey Miles and Federico Venturini. This is not the first time such forms of state censorship have occurred, with raids being carried out in 2018 and 2019 against the Mezopotamien Verlag and the music distributor Mir Multimedia.
https://anfenglish.com/culture/germany-seizes-scientific-book-as-photo-of-Ocalan-is-on-cover-49015
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- 6 year anniversary of the liberation of Kobanê
26 January 2021|Rise Up 4 Rojava
26 January 2015 is a date that the people of Kobanê, of Rojava, of the region and indeed of thewhole world will never forget. On this day, Kobanê has forever left its significant mark on ourcommon revolutionary landscape. It has become known all over the world as a symbol for ourcommon resistance, common struggle and common victory against fascism and for an alternativewomen-liberated, radical democratic and ecological life to be constantly defended in the midst of chaos, war and destruction, brought about by the crisis-ridden nation-state system of capitalistmodernity.
- (VIDEO) Interview with Dr. Don Matthews about Blackcentricity and Freedom Struggles
26 January 2021| |Peace in Kurdistan
Dr. Thomas Jeffrey of Peace in Kurdistan interviews Dr. Don Matthews about his new book, Blackcentricity, about his life experiences, his theological perspective, and his commitment to freedom struggles.
- American entrepreneurs wade into murky Syrian oil business
24 January 2021| |FT via merketcap.com
Two years ago, three Americans — a former diplomat, a former special operative and an energy executive — walked across a flooded bridge into north-east Syria to talk about oil, a murky business in a complicated neighbourhood. While western oil majors have long been involved in pumping crude from the Middle East, including neighbouring Iraq, this unknown outfit’s mission was different — to explore, refine and export oil from a corner of war-torn Syria controlled by a US-backed Kurdish-dominated militia.
https://news.marketcap.com/american-entrepreneurs-wade-into-murky-syrian-oil-business/
- Jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş stumped by Turkey’s ‘empty’ indictment – Demirtaş’s lawyer
24 January 2021|Ahal
Selahattin Demirtaş, the former leader of Turkey’s second-largest opposition party who has been in prison since 2016, is facing new charges related to a series of street protests in 2014, along with at least 108 members of his pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party.
- The crimes and violence of the Islamic Republic of Iran are a sign of the weakness of the regime!
23 January 2021|Kurdistan National Congress
Over 40 years after establishment of the Islamic regime, high unemployment, poverty, and destitution persist, while the regime continues to spend heavily on its military and other security forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, to quell internal dissent and coordinate the regime’s military interventions on various fronts beyond Iran’s borders including Iraq and Syria.
- From Afrin to Kirkuk, Kurds suffered grievously under Trump – analysis
20 January 2021|The Jerusalem Post
Among the people in the world who have suffered the most under the Trump administration are Kurds in the Middle East. A vast nation of people stretching across Iran, Turkey, Syria and Iraq, the Kurds have historically suffered discrimination in the states they live in and have often been betrayed by Western countries that promised one set of values but often collaborated with authoritarian regimes in the region.
- Flashpoints in U.S.-Turkey Relations in 2021
19 January 2021|Center for American Progress
Relations between Turkey and its Western allies in the United States and Europe have been on a steady downward trajectory for some eight years. Turkey’s pursuit of strategic autonomy should be met with firm transactionalism by the Biden administration, and while this stance is unlikely to change President Erdoğan’s unilateral approach, it could help preserve certain institutional ties, the CAP report argues.
- Democracy is finished – Erdogan now targets NGOs, renews threats against HDP
19 January 2021|Washington Kurdish Institute
It is no secret that Turkey was the main route for ISIS (Da’esh) terrorists across the globe who flocked to Syria in thousands to support the establishment of the terrorist group’s so-called “Caliphate”, capturing swathes of land in Syria and Iraq and committing mass rape and murder.
- Three Kurdish women activists transferred to IRGC detention center in Urmia: human rights organization
18 January 2021|Rudaw
Three Kurdish women activists arrested earlier in January have been transferred to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence detention center in Urmia, a Kurdish human rights monitor reported on Monday. Asrin Mohammadi, Darya Talabani, and Azima Naseri, who were among those detained in mass arrests in Buchan, Mahabad, and Tehran earlier in January were transferred to al-Mahdi detention center, the Paris-based Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported on Monday.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/180120211
- What will Brett McGurk’s appointment mean for U.S.-Turkey relations?
12 January 2021|Ahval
The appointment of Brett McGurk as the National Security Council’s Middle East and North Africa coordinator for the incoming Biden administration is a selection that won’t be welcomed by Ankara and could have significant ramifications for U.S.-Turkey relations. McGurk was formerly the special presidential envoy to the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State in both the Obama and Trump administrations. In this capacity, he dealt with, and advocated for, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
https://ahvalnews.com/brett-mcgurk/what-will-brett-mcgurks-appointment-mean-us-turkey-relations
- Exclusive: Longtime US Diplomat Weighs America’s Legacy in Syria
11 January 2021|Defense One
When the explosions started, Ambassador Bill Roebuck recalls, it wasn’t at all clear who was causing them. In October 2019 Turkish-backed militias were advancing on a makeshift military base in Syria about 40 miles from Kobani. Trump had effectively cleared the path for the invasion. The immediate damage of the Turkish invasion has been repaired, Bill Roebuck says, but warns ISIS could reemerge without more U.S. assistance.
- New WhatsApp terms spark antitrust investigation, exodus from app in Turkey
11 January 2021|Al-Monitor
Turkey launched an antitrust investigation into Facebook and its popular messaging service WhatsApp Monday after the application’s new privacy terms raised concerns, prompting some users to seek alternatives. In a statement, the Competition Board ruled that WhatsApp’s new usage requirements, which will allow the app to share more data with Facebook starting Feb. 8, should be suspended until the investigation is completed.
- Turkey’s Frantic Gold Rush Points to a Financial Crisis Ahead
8 January 2021|Foundation for Defense of Democracies
The Turkish economy is “a train wreck in slow motion,” in the words of one former central banker. The Turkish lira, which lost 20 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar last year, was one of the worst-performing currencies in the world in 2020. Foreign currency reserves nosedived deep into the red if one accounts for Ankara’s liabilities to local banks. And economy czar Berat Albayrak—son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan—hasn’t been seen in public since he resigned via Instagram on Nov. 8.
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/01/08/turkey-frantic-gold-rush-financial-crisis/
- A humanitarian disaster in Afrin
6 January 2021|Ahval
On the 20th of January 2018, Turkish forces and their Syrian proxies launched a massive military offensive against the Syrian Kurdish province of Afrin, which is located in northwest Syria. Afrin province enjoyed a relatively calm environment compared to other Syrian cities; it was a haven for hundreds of thousands of Syrians who fled from the war.
https://ahvalnews.com/afrin/humanitarian-disaster-afrin
- (BOOK) Daughters of Smoke and Fire: A Novel Hardcover
12 May 2020|Harper Perennial
The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writer
https://www.amazon.com/Daughters-Smoke-Fire-Ava-Homa/dp/1419743090
- (BOOK REVIEW) “Daughters of Smoke and Fire” –A book review by Patrick Woodcock
9 July 2020|Peace in Kurdistan
PETITION
- Stop the Kurdophobia! Recognition of Kurd People Identity at the United Nations
change.org/p/stop-the-kurdophobia-recognise-the-kurd-identity-petition4kurds
WEBINARS
- Kurdish women in Kurdistan and abroad: Past, Present, and Future
Watch: https://dckurd.org/2021/01/19/webinar-kurdish-women-in-kurdistan-and-abroad-past-present-and-future/
- “The Left and the Cyprus Problem”
29 January 2021| Bicommunal Zoom meeting
Cyprus 19.00 – 21.00 UK time 5 – 7 pm.
Cyprus MEP, Niyazi Kizilyurek will address the subject: The informal 5-party meeting: the abandonment of BBF and the “new ideas” for the solution of the Cyprus Problem. Language: Turkish and Greek with translation. Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81785438420?pwd=VE5FMm1PcGMyNk5rZ0VRMDNTSXc5dz09
Meeting ID: 817 8543 8420 Passcode: 764103
Shown live on https://www.facebook.com/the.left.and.the.cyprus.problem
- “Are We Losing the World as We Know It?”
3 February 2021 7pm UK |The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS
With Ece Temelkuran and Rachel Shabi.
Join the meeting here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lfu-tqTkvE9VgpJ_CWS9wxKXl8-kIS8TO and submit questions to: info@ceftus.org.
PODCAST
- Things are going to get tougher’ in US-Turkey relations, says Amberin Zaman
January 2021|Al-Monitor
Al-Monitor Senior Correspondent Amberin Zaman discusses why US-Turkey relations are unlikely to get better; the Kurdish question in Turkey, Iraq and Syria; why an Israel-Turkey rapprochement is not imminent; and her new role as the other host of ‘On the Middle East’….also Andrew’s take on Hamas and Egypt’s vital role in regional peace efforts.
Peace in Kurdistan
Campaign for a political solution of the Kurdish Question
Email: estella24@tiscali.co.uk
www.peaceinkurdistancampaign.com
Contacts Estella Schmid 020 7586 5892 & Melanie Gingell – Tel: 020 7272 7890
Fax: 020 7263 0596
Patrons: John Austin, Christine Blower, NUT International Secretary, Prof Bill Bowring, Julie Christie, Noam Chomsky, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Prof Mary Davis, Lord Dholakia, Simon Dubbins, UNITE International Director, Jill Evans MEP, Lindsey German, Convenor STWC, Melanie Gingell, Rahila Gupta, Nick Hildyard, Dafydd Iwan, Former President Plaid Cymru, James Kelman, Bruce Kent, Jean Lambert MEP, Elfyn Llwyd, Aonghas MacNeacail, Scottish Gaelic poet, Mike Mansfield QC, Doug Nicholls, General Secretary, GFTU, Dr. Jessica Ayesha Northey, International Coordinator, Green Party of England and Wales; Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy, Dr Thomas Jeffrey Miley, Kate Osamor MP, Margaret Owen OBE, Gareth Peirce, Maxine Peake, Lord Rea, Joe Ryan, Stephen Smellie, Steve Sweeney, Dr Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Dr Tom Wakeford, Dr Derek Wall, Julie Ward MEP, Hywel Williams MP.