Swiss MP Prezioso and activist Bucher: The PKK must be removed from list of terrorist organisatiions

The petition launched to remove the PKK from the EU list of terrorist organisations continues in Switzerland as well as in the rest of Europe. EAG parliamentarian Stefanie Prezioso and activist Flurin Bucher, who were among the signatories of the campaign, told ANF about the importance of the campaign and why they supported it.

Radical Left Coalition EAG parliamentarian Stefanie Prezioso said that “it is a great mistake and injustice that the PKK is included in this list. The main reason for the PKK’s inclusion in this list is the PKK’s representation and value. I will continue to demand the removal of the PKK from the list and the freedom of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, against the wrong and unjust decision of these states that cannot reconcile these values and representation with their so-called criteria.”

Bucher: Rojava is an example for everyone

Activist Flurin Bucher spoke of his admiration for ecology, women’s liberation and direct democracy in Rojava.

He said that he has supported the Kurdish people’s struggle since he became aware of its struggle for existence and the revolution in Rojava. Bucher said that there are enough arguments for the PKK to be removed from the list of terrorist organisations and added that international institutions, non-governmental organizations and political parties should also support the petition.

He said that he met the struggle of the Kurdish people in an action held in Switzerland for the Morio Refugee Camp in 2021, and added that he was amazed by the Kurdish people’s struggle against the oppression of the Turkish state and the barbarism of ISIS. “The first thing that caught my attention was the Make Rojava Green Again project. In 2021, we organised a panel on the climate movements in Switzerland and the ecology model created in Rojava.

Ever since I learned that this ecology model was created by Kurdish fighters who resisted the massacre committed by ISIS in Shengal in 2014, my interest and admiration for the Kurdish people has increased. With the struggle of the Kurdish people against ISIS, the European states were able to secure their own peace and tranquillity. All these reasons are sufficient to remove the PKK from the terrorist organisations list.”

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