At 2nd April 2021 the Symposium for justice will begin
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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR JUSTICE: April 2-4, 2021
International Grup Yorum Solidarity Concert: April 5 , 2021
(live concert of Grup Yorum had to be postponed due to strict lockdown conditions. The concert will take place on another date, while teh Symposium will be streamed live without changes)
The traditional Symposium of people's struggle against oppression and all forms of injustice will be held from 2 to 4 April.
This year it is going to be an on-line event due to the restrictions related to the pandemics.
– What is the Symposium?
The Symposium is an annual forum of progressive organizations and individuals which discusses current issues of resistance to oppression, common strategies and connects individual struggles into one big international struggle.
– What is this year's Symposium about?
This year's event is inspired by the struggle of hunger strikers in Turkey who fell martyr in their resistance for justice last year. All of them had a hard struggle to gain fair trials, right to perform their songs and the right to carry out their legal profession. The event will take 3 days focusing on individual topics, and each dedicated to a martyr:
Day 1 for the Political Prisoner Mustafa Koçak
Day 2 for the People's Lawyer Ebru Timtik
Day 3 for the Musicians of Grup Yorum Helin Bölek and İbrahim Gökçek
72 participants (including 19 lawyers) from 25 countries will cover the topics of solidarity, experiences of oppression and the resistance in their countries.
– What themes will be discussed?
Day 1 for the Political Prisoner Mustafa Koçak, will be dedicated to political events, analysis and political prisoners. Among them Mumia Abu Jamal, whose current critical condition will be reflected live from the USA by Prison Radio.
Further there will be contributions reporting on the actual situation in many European, Asian and Lat
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