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LEFT-WING Turkish musicians Grup Yorum said they would not be silenced today as the group continued their hunger strike against the “fascist oligarchy” and demanded the release of their jailed band members.
Supporters warned that state has intensified attacks in recent days with the group on the 76th day of their protest hunger strike.
They are demanding an end to police raids, an end to bans on live performances and for Grup Yorum and their supporters to be removed from a “wanted terrorist” list by the Interior Ministry.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
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)
Despite declining to show Kneecap’s set, the BBC broadcast Bob Vylan leading a ‘death to the IDF’ chant — and the resulting outrage has only amplified the very message the Establishment wanted silenced, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER