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| Kurdish groups condemn terrorism charges against British-Kurd teenage girl |
| 2015-03-16 |
[RUDAW.NET] Demonstrators converged outside London's Holloway prison in support of Shilan Ozcelik, a British girl of Kurdish descent who is believed to be the first UK citizen to be incarceratedDon't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! for trying to fight against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS/ISIL). Saturday's demonstration followed a statement signed by various Kurdish organizations, among them the Roj Women's Association, the Kurdish Youth Assembly and the Kurdish People's Assembly. "The Kurdish community and supporters of the Kurdish struggle are incensed at the arrest and imprisonment of 18 year old Shilan (Silhan) Ozcelik, who is accused of wanting to join the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL/ISIS)," the statement said. "The UK government has been criminalising the Kurds for at least 13 years, yet not one Kurdish individual has been charged and convicted of being a PKK member, despite many raids, arrests and intimidations," it added. "The case of Shilan Ozcelik is the most recent chapter of this story and the Kurdish community are now concerned that the UK government will once again criminalise the community who have been the biggest supporters of the international fight against ISIS terror and fascism ...a political system developed in Italy symbolized by the Roman fasces-- thin reeds, each flimsy in itself but unbreakable when bound into a bundle. The word is nowadays thrown around by all sorts of people who have no idea what they're talking about... ," Friday's statement declared. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Radical muzzles using the Islamist tilted UK government agencies to repress the Kurds? Funny how they go after the Kurds but the radical imams have free reign. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-03-16 12:59 |