BERLIN, Germany, — In parallel to the Turkish attacks on Kurdish civil activists, politician and lawyers in Turkey, German police is launching similar raids on a protest held in Berlin taking 300 people in custody.
German police attacked demonstration organized by Kurdish Unions Federation (YEK-KOM) with the support of German left-democratic organizations in Berlin. More than 300 demonstrators reported to have been taken into custody.
The demonstration was organized under the slogan of “against fascism, green fascism, racism, pressures and bans” following the prohibition of the meeting which was going to be staged today to voice the demand for the ‘removal of the ban on PKK’.
Similar to the police practices in Turkey, German police also stopped demonstrators at early morning hours and blocked their way into Berlin City.
YEK-KOM made a statement to condemn the police attack and remarked that the German state executed the same antidemocratic practices with those applied by Turkish and Syrian police.
Demonstrators launched a sit-in action in the area where they said they will not leave until the release of the arrested Kurds.
While 300 people were released following the conversations between YEK-KOM executives and police, 40 demonstrators still remanded in custody.