In the trial against Kenan Ayaz, the State Security Senate at Hamburg Higher Regional Court has once again made it clear that it does not attach great importance to publicity and considers it to be an imposition. The trial against Kenan Ayaz continued at Hamburg...
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Day 25 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: Further dates scheduled until August
In the trial of the PKK against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz in Hamburg, the behavior of The Office for the Protection of the Constitution comes to the fore. The defense has requested a written examination of the informants. The trial against Kurdish politician...
The trial of Kenan Ayaz in its final stages
The court's 15 interim rulings on defense motions marked the 12th of April hearing in the trial of Kurdish Kenan Ayaz at the Federal District Court in Hamburg. The trial is heading towards its final stages and, under German law, the parties are allowed to submit...
Days 23&24 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: All motions for evidence by the defence rejected
On the 24th day of the trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz in Hamburg, the court rejected all motions for evidence and accused the defence of spreading conspiracy theories. The trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz continued at Hamburg Higher...
75 YEARS OF OCALAN – 30 YEARS OF THEOPHILUS – LIBERATION TO KENAN
A different afternoon was experienced in Eleftherias Square on April 4. It was the birthday of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, who for 25 years has been in isolation in the Turkish prison of Kalolimnos and whose fate has been unknown since March 2021 when he had...
Day 22 – Kenan Ayaz’s release from prison requested again
In the PKK trial in Hamburg, Kenan Ayaz's defence lawyer has submitted an extensive motion to clarify the political nature of the proceedings and the prosecution's indictment. The trial against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz continued at Hamburg Higher Regional...
Fight for Kenan, in the direction of Theophilos
"The history of our peoples is common, our destiny is common and the path of the hero Theophilos Georgiades proves it. And it is one of the reasons why we love Cyprus as our second home. We fight through the ideology of Theophilos, who worked hard for the Kurdish...
Day 21 – OLG Hamburg: The court shows its face
In the trial against Kenan Ayaz before the Hamburg Higher Regional Court, presiding judge Wende-Spohrs makes it clear what she is trying to do with this trial: demonstrate her position of power - both to Kenan Ayaz, his defense and to the visitors. HAMBURG Thursday,...
Kenan Ayas’ statement, regarding the expert report of Dr. Seufert, which the German Court did not allow him to complete
Throughout the judicial process against the Kurdish politician Kenan Ayas, from the Larnaca District Court to the High Court and of course the High District Court of Hamburg, there has been a violation of his right to defend himself. One of these moments was the...
Day 20 – OLG Hamburg: No right to speak for Kurds
Kenan Ayaz, a Kurdish man accused of being a PKK member in Hamburg, has been deprived of the right to speak when he criticised an expert opinion. The defendant called Erdogan a fascist and said that the court was obviously not interested in the truth. In the PKK trial...
Day 19 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: gaps and false statements
An expert report on the Kurdish question cannot ignore the Treaty of Lausanne. Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz draws attention to this and other shortcomings in the PKK trial at Hamburg Higher Regional Court. The trial against Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz before the...
Day 18 – Trial against Kenan Ayaz: Application for bias against judges rejected
In the trial against Kenan Ayaz before the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, the Kurdish politician's application for recusal against the State Security Senate has been rejected. In a statement on Friday, Ayaz commented on the analyses of the expert witness Dr Günter...