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20,000 on London's streets say 'Stop the Turkish invasion'
'Rise up for Rojava' rally opposes Erdogan's brutal war on Syria's Kurds

by Steve Sweeney and Peter Lazenby

MORE than 20,000 took to the streets of London today as people came from across the country to oppose Turkey’s war on the Kurdish people of northern Syria.

The demonstration is believed to be the largest ever organised by the Kurdish community in Britain as they took to the streets to “Rise up for Rojava” – the largely Kurdish region under attack by the Turkish state.

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