Kurdish Solidarity Cymru: decentralised day of action

Kurdish Solidarity Cymru call on people to support a boycott of Turkish holidays in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikers.

Kurdish Solidarity Cymru is promoting a decentralised day of action on 4 May. "We encourage creative actions on the day, - said the promoters - and for groups and individuals to immediately start  writing to travel agents asking them to stop selling Turkish holidays until Abdullah Ocalan’s isolation is broken."

In the UK Imam Sis, a 32 year old Kurdish resident of Newport, has been on an indefinite hunger strike since the 17th November 2018. His condition is rapidly deteriorating. He is part of an international movement of hunger strikers; almost 10 000 Kurdish activists and political prisoners are on hunger strike worldwide. They are calling for an end to the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, whose been held in a Turkish prison for 20 years and denied access to family and lawyers since 2011.

Kurdish Solidarity Cymru said: "We will concentrate our efforts on the travel agent Tui, formerly known as Thompson. There are branches in most towns and cities in the UK - an opportunity for a mass decentralised action in solidarity with the hunger strikers."

As to what people can do, Kurdish Solidarity Cymru said: "A picket, a stall, an occupation, or creative forms of direct action -  your solidarity can be as limitless as your imagination. Why not use your local May day march as a convergence point for taking action?  By the 27th of April we will have produced leaflets, posters and other resources for all to use at actions that will be available to download on the Kurdish Solidarity Cymru website."

Reports of any actions can be sent to be passed on to the hunger strikers themselves to [email protected] or Tweet with the hashtag #Fast4Apo