The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on November 22 that the Kurdistan Workers鈥 Party (PKK) was wrongly on its list of terrorist organisations between 2014-17.
Australians For Kurdistan
The following statement is being circulated by Australians for Kurdistan. You can sign on at the website .
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As concerned Australians, we condemn Turkey鈥檚 invasion of the mainly Kurdish canton of Afrin in northern Syria, and demand that the Australian Government do all in its power to protest and stop Turkey鈥檚 brazen criminal aggression.
鈥淭he Rojava Revolution in Northern Syria: An experiment in radical democracy, feminism and ecology鈥 is the title of a conference to be held here over June 30 and July 1.
A joint project of the Australians for Kurdistan solidarity group and the Kurdish Democratic Community Centre (formerly the Kurdish Association of Victoria), the event aims to spread knowledge about the Rojava Revolution and build support for it.
About 80 people rallied outside the Turkish consulate in Melbourne on May 25 to condemn the massacre of Kurds and support the People's Democratic Party (HDP) MPs now facing prosecution by the Recep Tayyip Erdogan government.
Rally and march in Melbourne in solidarity with the Kurdish struggle.
Australians for Kurdistan (AFK) committee has launched a campaign for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to be removed from the Australian government鈥檚 list of terrorist organisations.
The PKK was first listed in 2005; its listing comes up for review this August.