FEATURE IS IT A CRIME TO BE A KURD? This story and main index... The arrest of Abdullah Öcalan raises once again the question of freedom in Kurdistan. His abduction is certainly a victory for Turkish dictatorial power in its to the death struggle against the Kurdish people. It demonstrates both the absolute intransigence of the Ankara regime and the disinterest of States elsewhere for the Kurdish question. The successive dropping of the PKK by Syria, Italy, Holland, Kenya and even Greece - a self-declared enemy of Turkey - is evidence enough. Western powers have no shame in demanding a 'fair trial' in Turkey whilst being fully aware that it will be nothing of the kind and that as they make their calls the TV is transmitting Turkish propaganda showing a haggard Öcalan visibly drugged. Latest stories... ALGERIA | ITALY | CHINA | ISRAEL | ECUADOR

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