Grassroots Catalan National Assembly condemns Turkey's invasion

The Catalan National Assembly has released a statement condemning the Turkish invasion of Northern and Eastern Syria.

The statement of the grassroot Catalan organisation reads: "We strongly condemn the Turkish military aggression against the people of Kurdistan, a flagrant violation of international law that is a further step in the imperialist and repressive offensive of Erdogan's government against the Kurds."

The statement adds: "We firmly condemn the Spanish government's support for this new Turkish military aggression against the Kurdish people, once again supporting authoritarian regimes that violate fundamental rights in a massive manner. The attitude of the Spanish government is especially alarming in contrast to that of several European countries, which have already announced an arms embargo against Turkey."

The statement continues: "We condemn the repression and persecution against the mayors and other Kurdish elected officials by the Turkish authorities, justified on some occasions by the same Turkish government that uses the suspension of elected Catalan and Basque officials for Spain.

In this regard, we welcome the fact that the Council of Europe is investigating the cases of imprisonment of Kurdish and Catalan political leaders by the Turkish and Spanish authorities respectively."

THE CATALAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

The Catalan National Assembly (ANC) is a strictly non-partisan civil organisation. The ANC does not receive any governmental funding. The ANC is managed by a National Secretariat formed by 77 members elected by universal suffrage who coordinate the territorial, sectorial and foreign-based assemblies.