The Freedom for Ocalan Report is a production of the trade union Freedom for Ocalan campaign. WWW.FREEDOMFOROCALAN.ORG Twitter - @OcalanFree Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/FreedomForOcalan Our 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 R...

The Freedom for Ocalan Report is a production of the trade union Freedom for Ocalan campaign. WWW.FREEDOMFOROCALAN.ORG Twitter - @OcalanFree Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/FreedomForOcalan Our 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 Ac...

The Freedom for Ocalan Report is a production of the trade union Freedom for Ocalan campaign. WWW.FREEDOMFOROCALAN.ORG Twitter - @OcalanFree Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/FreedomForOcalan Our 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 Europ...

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...

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 representativ...

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.freedom...