Statements – Peace in Kurdistan

2018

2016

Open Letter to Prime Minister David Cameron
The lifting of immunity threatens to take Turkish politics back decades
Standing alongside all Kurdish women on International Women’s Day, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN STATEMENT, 8 March 2016
Athens conference on Ocalan and the international conspiracy against the Kurds, PIK statement by Margaret Owen OBE
Free Abdullah Ocalan PIK statement on the occasion of the 17^th anniversary of his abduction
Stop the Slaughter in Kurdistan, Break the Silence PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 8 February 2016

2015

Lift the Siege on Kurdish Cities – Stop the War Against the Kurds, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 20 December 2015
PIK statement on UK bombing of Syria, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 7 December 2015
The murder of Elci must not mark the death of peace, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 29 November 2015
Open Letter to the Turkish Government: Restart the Peace Process in Turkey – No to Turkey’s military intervention in Syria – Defend Rojava! PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 27 July 2015
UK election monitors return from Turkey following stunning HDP result, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 11 June 2015
Make this Newroz a genuine celebration of peace PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 19 March 2015
Drop the terrorism charges against Silan Ozcelik PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 13 February 2015
Solidarity message on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan’s abduction and the events on the worldwide signature campaign on 13 and 14 February 2015 in Strasbourg, France, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 10 February 2015

2014

Peace in Kurdistan Campaign salutes the PKK on the 36^th anniversary of its foundation, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 27 November 2014
The Resistance of Kobane will Triumph Over Tyranny, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 16 October 2014
We support Demirtas – the only candidate for change for Kurds and all in Turkey, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 8 August 2014
Rojava must not fall: Support Kurdish democratic autonomy against ISIS PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 15 July 2014
Kurds for an independent Scotland, JOINT STATEMENT BY THE KURDISH COMMUNITY OF THE UK, 30 May 2014
Peace in Kurdistan welcomes the release of Ocalan’s lawyers and members of the CHD, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 28 March 2014
UK monitors travel to Turkey to monitor local elections, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 28 March 2014
Peace, equality and self-determination: The Kurds take the lead in proposing a new way for Syria, PEACE IN KURDISTAN, CAMPACC, HALKEVI, KURDISH COMMUNITY CENTRE, SUSSEX KURDISH COMMNITY CENTRE Statement, 14 February 2014.
Outrage as Kurds held up for hours at Dover crossing, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 6 February 2014

2013

Margaret Owen returns from solidarity visit to Rojava, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 30 December 2013
Prominent human rights lawyer and women’s rights campaigner visits Rojava in solidarity with Kurdish women, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 20 December 2013
Mass trial of Abdullah Ocalan’s lawyers to be observed by UK barristers, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 17 December 2013
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign shares in the universal sadness at the loss of Nelson Mandela, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 8 December 2013
Solidarity message on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the PKK, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 29 November 2013
UK trial observers arrive in Istanbul amid demonstrations to witness mass trial of lawyers, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 16 September 2013
The Kurds stand for a peaceful, secular and democratic Syria , PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 2 September 2013
Defend the Kurds in Syria from massacre and ethnic cleansing, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 8 August 2013
Save Roj TV – independent voice of the Kurds, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN and CAMPACC Statement, 1 August 2013
International monitors to observe fifth hearing in mass trial of lawyers, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 18 June 2013
‘Western Kurdistan could be a model for a free and democratic Syria’, PYD co-president tells London audience, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 7 May 2013
Open Letter to Christiane Taubira, French Justice Minister: Women call for Justice for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, Open Letter, 25 April 2013
Lawyers of jailed Kurdish leader set to face judges once again, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 26 March 2013
At the forefront of the struggle, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Solidarity Statement, 7 March 2013
Protest at Mass Arrest of Trade Unionists in Turkey, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 22 February 2013
Friends of Adem Uzun writes an open letter to French Justice Minister, FRIENDS OF ADEM UZUN, Open letter, 5 February 2013.
Protest against another mass arrest of lawyers in Turkey, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, Press Statement 18 January 2013.
This brutal execution of Kurdish women activists is a cynical attempt to derail the peace process that won’t succeed, KURDISTAN NATIONAL CONGRESS UK AND PEACE IN KURDISTAN PRESS STATEMENT, 10 January 2013

2012

Towards freedom and democracy for Syria and all the peoples of the Middle East,Urgent Appeal to members of Parliament, the European Parliament, NGOs and activists, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 13 December 2012
Appeal to Prime Minister Erdogan to end the KCK trials, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Appeal, 12 December 2012
PYD leader puts the Kurdish case for achieving peace in Syria, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 4 December 2012
UK delegation briefs MP’s on ‘highly political‘ KCK trial in Turkey, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 29 November 2012
PM Erdogan Must Respond to the Demands of the Kurdish Hunger Strikers, PEACE IN KURDISTAN OPEN LETTER TO TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN, 5 November 2012
Leading UK lawyers to observe anti-terror trial in Istanbul , PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press release, 5 November 2012
Press freedom crushed by Anti-terror laws in Europe, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN AND CAMPAIGN AGAINST CRIMINALISING COMMUNITIES (CAMPACC), Statement, 28 October 2012
Release Kurdish political campaigner Adem Uzun! PEACE IN KURDISTAN AND CAMPAIGN AGAINST CRIMINALISING COMMUNITIES (CAMPACC) Press statement, 20 October 2012
Solidarity message to the BDP 2nd Extraordinary Congress 14 October 2012, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Solidarity message, 14 October 2012
‘Time is of the essence’: Professor Mary Davis calls for solidarity with trade unionists, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 1 October 2012
Trials and tribulations in Turkey, PEACE IN KURDISTAN Meeting report, 25 September 2012
Plaid Cymru annual conference calls for release of Abdullah Ocalan. PEACE IN KURDISTAN Statement, 20 September 2012
The mass trial of 36 defence lawyers, PEACE IN KURDISTAN Press Statement, 20 July 2012
Professor Mary Davis returns from solidarity delegation to North Kurdistan, PEACE IN KURDISTAN Press Release, 20 July 2012
UK delegation sets out to monitor trial of lawyers in Turkey, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press release, 15 July 2012
Message of solidarity with Busra Ersanli and Ragip Zarakolu, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN solidarity letter, 1 July 2012
Revoke the conviction of Leyla Zana: start the peace process, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, Statement 25 May 2012
Open letter to Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, 18 April 2012
Turkey Must Immediately Lift the Ban on Ozgur Gundem. PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, Statement 27 March 2012
Newroz 2012 a Festival of Freedom. PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 17 March 2012
Syrian Kurdish opposition groups hold public meeting in parliament. PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 16 February 2012
BDP chair Demirtas denounces the silence of the international community in face of increasingly violent repression of Turkey’s Kurds. PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, February 2012

2011

Open letter to Foreign Secretary William Hague MP, Appeal for the immediate release of lawyers in Turkey, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN, December 2011
Mass arrests of trade unionists in Turkey: Urgent Appeal! PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN AND UNISON SOUTH LANARKSHIRE, Appeal, 5 December 2011
Mass Arrest of Lawyers is No Way to Run a Democracy, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 23 November 2011
Former Plaid Cymru President Dafydd Iwan warns ROJ-TV trial threatens democratic principle of freedom of press, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 15 November 2011
International Appeal for Solidarity: Protest over the arrests of Ragip Zarakolu and Professor Busra Ersanli, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 10 November 2011
Prisons and Bombs Cannot Eliminate the Legitimate Demands of the Kurds, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Statement, 8 November 2011
A change of direction for Turkey? PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Statement, 16 June 2011
New Öcalan book offers opportunity for peace, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Report, 5 June 2011
Trial of Kurds ‘turns tables on Turkey’: 2nd UK delegation to mass trial reports back, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press Release, 24 January 2011

2010

UK delegation to observe Diyarbakir trial of 151 Kurdish political activists and human rights defenders, PEACE IN KURDISTAN CAMPAIGN Press release, 17 October 2010