Los Angeles In support of 800 Kurdish prisoners in Hunger strike

Report for VOKRadio

Soraya Fallah 

On Monday Nov 5th members of Kurdish community who live in Southern California protested in support of Kurdish Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Turkish Prisons. Kurdish National Congress of North America along with other non partisan individuals arranged the demonstration. The demonstration was held in front of Turkish consulate in Los Angeles. As LA hosts the Turkish consulate and it is a strategic location to voice our opinion and lend protester’s support. This location for years is a place for all Armenian and Kurds who demonstrate against Turkish policy toward Kurdish citizens and Armenian genocide.

The demonstration was peaceful and participants attended from different cities such as SanDiego and LA County.

The number of young people who lead the event was high and they shows  their outrages against Turkey’s  brutal policy against Kurdish citizen in Turkey and asking for amnesty and human rights of 800 prisoners who are in hunger strike for 55 days..

Most of the slogans were prisoner’s demand  as follow:

President of KNC-NA,Mr. Luqman Barwari read KNC’s Press Release . The PR was distributed between interested individuals passing by. To read the PR, please visit www.kncna.net. 

  Kurdish American Advocacy group has release a PR, and a petition is also on line for everyone to sign. PR stated that :The hunger strikers are calling for provisions to use their mother language in education and the public sphere; the removal of obstacles preventing imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan from negotiating in peace talks with the Turkish state; and respect for the fundamental rights of the Kurdish people.

Please use this link to access the petition:

http://www.change.org/petitions/u-n-general-secretary-turkish-authorities-human-rights-organizations-send-the-letter-to-responsible-authorities-4?utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=457748

Vocie of Kurdish American Radio  presented  to not only support the demo, but document and broadcast attendees voice.

روژی دوشممه ۵ی نوامبری ۲۰۱۲ له کاتژومیری ۱۲ تا ۲:۳۰ پاش نیوه رو خو پیشاندانی کورده کانی دانیشتووی باشوری کالیفورنیا بو پشتگیری له خواسته به رحه قه کانی پتر له ۸۰۰ زیندانی سیاسی کورد که 55 روژه له بندیخانه کانی دوله تی تورکیه ده ستیان به مانگرتن کردووه.ئه م خوپیشان دانه  له به ر بینای کونسول گه ری ده وله تی  تورکیا له شا ری لوس ئآنجلس  به ریوه چو. ئه م بینایه سالانه جیگه ی خوپیشان دانی ئه رمه نیه کان و کورده کانه که له ده سی پی شه ل کردنی مافی مروفیان به ده س ده وله تی تورکیه توره ن و کو ده بنه وه.  به شداران له شاری سه ندیگو و لوس ئه نجلسی گه وره وه هاتبون. کونگره ی نه ته وه یی کورد له باکوری ئه مریکا ئه م به رنامه ی به یارمه تی ژوماره یی له کورده کان هه ر جوار پارچه ری خستبو. خواسته کان نوسرابوون و ژوماره ی گه نجه کان که به شداریان کردبو زور له به رچاودا بوو.  سه روکی کونگره ی نه ته وه یی کورد له باکوری ئه مریکا کاک لوقمان برواری بانگه وازی ریکخراوه که ی به رانبه ر به کونسول گه ریه که خوینده وه. به شداران به خویندنی سرودی نه ته وه یی ئه ی ره قیب به به رنامه که خاتمه یان دا.  رادوی ده نگی کورده کان له ئه مرکا به شداری به رنامه که بوو و له گه ل چه ن که س له خو پیشان ده ران وت و ویژی کرد.