The trial of the Kurdish activist Kenan Ayas started on Friday morning, November 3, 2023, at the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg. There was a strong Cypriot presence inside and outside the court with amongst others the Cypriot Member of Parliament G. Koukouma...
The trial of Kenan Ayas began on Friday with the opening statements at the Hamburg District Court. The Kurdish fighter appeared to be thriving, despite the suffering from the particularly harsh conditions of his detention. Outside the court, a solidarity event was...
G.Koukumas: Ayas accused for his political activity - Christodoulides' government is exposed Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz is on trial today on terrorism charges at the Supreme Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany.The trial at the German Court is being attended by AKEL MP...
A spontaneous rally in solidarity with Kurdish fighter Kenan Ayas took place in Nicosia tonight. Kurds and Cypriots gathered at the German embassy near the Presidential Palace, on the occasion of the start of the court proceedings tomorrow (3/11) at the Hamburg High...
On November 3, 2023, the trial of the Kurdish activist Kenan Ayas will begin before the eyes of the Cypriot public at the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany. In 1993, at the age of 18, Kenan Ayas was illegally imprisoned in Turkey for 11 years and subjected to...
After one and a half month from his meeting with his defence attorney in the Hamburg maximum security prison, we have received a letter written by Kenan on the day of his meeting with Mr. Efstathiou. The letter follows: Today I met with my defense lawyer Efstathiou....
The trial against Kenan Ayas is scheduled to begin on November 3rd at the Hamburg Higher Regional Court. The court rejected the motion to dismiss the charges and the motion to release Kenan Ayas from custody. The court sided with the prosecution and dismissed all...
On September 25, Kenan Ayas' defense team filed a motion with the Hamburg Higher Regional Court to Dismiss the charges and release Kenan Ayas from custody. The defence argued that the indictment filed by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office on August 3 does not provide...
The Kurdish political refugee Kenan Ayas, who has been in detention since March 15, due to a German arrest and extradition warrant for suspected membership in a terrorist organization, sent a message to the Cypriot people in the past few days. Ayas sends his...
Last Thursday, May 4, a protest was held in Nicosia against the extradition of Kenan Ayas to Germany. On the same day, the Kurdish fighter detained in Cyprus started an indefinite hunger strike. The protest march organised by an anarchist group in Nicosia was also...
THE EXTRADITION OF KENAN AYAS IS THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CYPRIOT STATE IN THE GENOCIDE OF THE KURDISH PEOPLE AND THE SILENCING OF THE ANTI-SYSTEMIC MOVEMENTS In the era of individualism, de-politicization and weak or non-existent organized popular movements, it is...
The Kurdish intellectual fighter, Kenan Ayas, from inside the Central Prison speaks to "S", as he prepares for the Court of Appeal that will take place in the next 25 days and will essentially decide his life. On the basis of a European warrant issued against him by...