FIFTY-TWO Kurdish demonstrators were arrested last Friday after occupying the Turkish embassy in London in protest against the massacre of some 20 Kurdish people by the Turkish army.
The London demonstration was one of several Kurdish protests over Europe on the same day. In Holland there were also clashes with the Dütch police outside the Turkish consulate in Deventer. In Brussels, around 50 Kurdish activists occupied the offices of Amnesty International.
The massacretook place in Diyarbakir in eastern Turkey on 10 July. Some 30,000 people had gathered in the town to attend the funeral of Vedat Aydin, a Kurdish leader who had been murdered six days earlier by the Turkish state's *' New world order' or international instability?
Subscription rates (3 issues): Britain and Europe £10 Page 14 July 20, 1991 No. 6 death squads. Around 20 people were killed and over 200 injured when the Turkish army opened fire on the crowd. Over 500 people were arrested, including 5 foreign journalists. Diyarbakir is less than Bush's 'Rapid Reaction Force' has been deployed. All of those arrested in London were released on bail after being charged with criminal damage. They will be appearing in court in the next few weeks. Meanwhile the protests continue against the actions of the Turkish state. Around 100 Kurdish activists have been on hunger strike outside Westminster Cathedral. A demonstration is planned in the next couple of weeks. For further information contact: Kurdistan Information Centre on 081 880 1759. iNTERNATiONAL MARXIST REVIEW Theoretical journal of the United Secretariaț of the Fourth International Available now - Summer 1991 double issue with documents of the Xilith World Congress of the Fourth International:
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