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Hunger-striking Kurdish MP Leyla Guven
A Turkish court has ordered that hunger-striking Kurdish opposition MP Leyla Guven be forced to appear before it after she failed to attend a hearing on trumped-up terrorism charges.
Ms Guven faces 136 years in prison for “membership of a terrorist organisation” following her arrest last January for criticising Turkey’s illegal invasion and occupation of Afrin in northern Syria.
Ms Guven’s lawyer Serdar Celebi demanded the abandonment of the case against his client.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
Thousands expected to attend next protest against Palestine Action ban, organisers say
