Ocalan given International Peace Award
Ocalan given International Peace Award
The Struggle Veterans Action Committee (SVAC) nominated the long - imprisoned leader of the Kurdish people Abdullah Ocalan for the first International Peace Award at a prestigious event held recently in Cape Town / South Africa. The founding members of The Kurdish Human Right Action Group (KHRAG) Justice Essa Moosa, received the International Peace Award on behalf of Mr Ocalan.
The Kurdish Human Right Action Group (KHRAG) was established in Cape Town, South Africa, on 14 February, 1997. KHRAG is an independent, non- political organisation. It strives for the protection of human rights of all Kurdish people, regardless of religion, belief, opinion, political persuasion, race or nationality. It is committed to the peaceful resolution of the Kurdish problem in the Middle East but more particularly in Turkey.
KHRAG' aims and objective are to promote awareness of the Kurdish struggle for the recognition of their basic human rights and the right to practice their culture, language and customs and to promote the protection of such rights; to promote awareness of the right to freedom of association and more particularly to form their own cultural, social and political organisations and the freedom of expression and more particularly the right to be taught in their mother-tongue, to establish and promote written and electronic media in the Kurdish language; to promote awareness of human right abuses perpetrated against the Kurds, more particularly in Turkey and to strive to bring an end to such violations through peaceful means; to promote the resolution of the Kurdish question in Turkey through dialogue with the legitimate leaders of the Kurdish people and their legitimate organisations.
The founding members of KHRAG are among others, E.Moosa,(Human Rights Lawyer), P.Ncube, (Professor), Sheikh S. Khan, (Muslim Religious Leader), Imam G. Solomon, (Member of the South African Parliament), T. Booley, (Human Rights Activist), Y. Slabbert, (Activist Lawyer), L. Podlashuc, (Professor), P Dexter, (SACP Member of Parliament).
The Kurdish Human Right Action Group (KHRAG) was established in Cape Town, South Africa, on 14 February, 1997. KHRAG is an independent, non- political organisation. It strives for the protection of human rights of all Kurdish people, regardless of religion, belief, opinion, political persuasion, race or nationality. It is committed to the peaceful resolution of the Kurdish problem in the Middle East but more particularly in Turkey.
KHRAG' aims and objective are to promote awareness of the Kurdish struggle for the recognition of their basic human rights and the right to practice their culture, language and customs and to promote the protection of such rights; to promote awareness of the right to freedom of association and more particularly to form their own cultural, social and political organisations and the freedom of expression and more particularly the right to be taught in their mother-tongue, to establish and promote written and electronic media in the Kurdish language; to promote awareness of human right abuses perpetrated against the Kurds, more particularly in Turkey and to strive to bring an end to such violations through peaceful means; to promote the resolution of the Kurdish question in Turkey through dialogue with the legitimate leaders of the Kurdish people and their legitimate organisations.
The founding members of KHRAG are among others, E.Moosa,(Human Rights Lawyer), P.Ncube, (Professor), Sheikh S. Khan, (Muslim Religious Leader), Imam G. Solomon, (Member of the South African Parliament), T. Booley, (Human Rights Activist), Y. Slabbert, (Activist Lawyer), L. Podlashuc, (Professor), P Dexter, (SACP Member of Parliament).
