ARMENIAN KURDS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST TURKEY IF OCALAN TRIAL IS “UNFAIR”

Noyan Tapan news agency
9 Jun 04

Yerevan, 9 June: Hundreds of thousands of Kurds will organize mass
actions in various European countries, particularly in France, on 9
June to protect their leader Abdullah Ocalan (leader of the Kurdistan
Workers’ Party – PKK) , the head of the Caucasus representative
office of the Assembly of the People of Kurdistan (former KADEK –
the Congress for Freedom and Democracy in Kurdistan – successor to
the PKK), Geydar Ali, has told a news conference in Yerevan.

He said that in doing so, the Kurds hoped to draw the world community’s
attention to Ocalan’s trial to be held on that day in the European
Court on Human Rights and to achieve a fair verdict.

According to Geydar Ali, if the trial is unfair, the Kurdish-Turkish
clashes will continue, especially as the second congress of the
Assembly of the People of Kurdistan held in northern Iraq on 13-26
May made a decision to suspend the unilateral truce.

Geydar Ali said that the unilateral truce and peace policy declared
by the Kurdish people failed to persuade Turkey and involve this
country in talks: “Turkey does not understand the language of consent
and democracy, that is why the second congress decided to respond to
Turkish attacks with serious counter-attacks”.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress