Action – Page 2 – Leicester Kurdish Solidarity Campaign

May 3, 2016

Leicester City in the news: shine a light on Turkey’s abuse of Kurds

Congratulations to the Leicester City Football Club on their success in the English Premier League. They worked well as a team with a calm and thoughtful manager. Brilliant.

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At the same time, Kurds in Leicester have family in Syria and Turkey who are suffering because the UK Government continues to support the actions of Turkey’s Government: Continue reading “Leicester City in the news: shine a light on Turkey’s abuse of Kurds”

April 23, 2016

Stop the War on Kurds

We’re now linked into the Stop the War on Kurds movement

April 15, 2016April 15, 2016

Join the Global Day of Action 6 May 2016

Global day of action to ask Facebook to stop censoring posts about Kurds. Keep up to date here: https://m.facebook.com/events/237086636638076?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A3%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&aref=3

April 9, 2016

Respect the Kurds

I think this translates as the British Ambassador agreeing with the Turkish Government that PYD is a terrorist organisation and is the same as PKK: http://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/pyd-pkk-ile-baglantili-bir-orguttur?utm_content=bufferfb5bb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Continue reading “Respect the Kurds”

April 5, 2016April 15, 2016

Notes of first meeting 24 March 2016

First meeting, first thoughts: Political action and campaigning …

Political action:

Link with Nottingham Kurdish Solidarity Campaign
The focus will be on what other Governments are doing to Kurds, particularly at this time:
- Kurds in Syria are living in a society created during these troubled times, which has brought relative peace and democracy in the midst of chaos. They have put together a model of organisation that could be rolled out across the Middle East. This model accommodates all who share their common values. Continue reading “Notes of first meeting 24 March 2016”

April 5, 2016April 15, 2016

Calls for action over man arrested after fighting IS

2016 April 5: Supporters of a man who left Britain to go and fight the so-called Islamic State, are calling for all criminal proceedings against him to be dropped.

Aiden Aslin, from Newark in Nottinghamshire, flew out to Syria last year to go and fight alongside Kurdish forces.

http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2016-04-05/calls-to-drop-criminal-proceedings-against-man-who-left-britain-to-go-and-fight-the-so-called-islamic-state/

April 5, 2016

Stop the War on Kurds 1 April 2016 in Leicester

We met at the Leicester Clock Tower to join the Leicester Against Way group with the theme: Stop the War on Kurds. There are some photos here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1109556472399068.1073742228.446884161999639&type=3 We also did some Kurdish dancing, which was fun. Some people taking part are keen to go to a Kurdish party.

March 27, 2016April 15, 2016

Call to Action 1 April 2016

Leicester Against War: Stop the War on Kurds: at Leicester Clock Tower Friday 1 April 2016, 5.30 – 6.30pm:

https://www.facebook.com/events/205059836531559/

There is a gathering of Leicester Against War every Friday 5.30-6.30pm at the Leicester Clock Tower, sometimes with a theme.

This coming Friday the theme is Stop the War on Kurds around the issue of what Governments are doing to the Kurds: Continue reading “Call to Action 1 April 2016”