30 APR 2024 · Dr. Thoreau Redcrow, a conflict analyst from the US, condemned the Western world for failing to act on the prolonged incommunicado detention of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan, citing inconsistency with democratic values. 

12 APR 2024 · Irish Republican Martina Anderson discusses oppression, resistance and pathways to peace, with Kurdistan expert Fréderike Geerdink.

10 APR 2024 · Bedia Özgökçe Ertan, a Kurdish politician herself removed from office in Van after winning the popular vote in 2019, speaks to Medya News to discuss the government’s attempt to subvert the democratic process in the city by preventing Abdullah Zeyan from taking office. 

10 APR 2024 · PACE member Kostis Efstathiou, a Greek Cypriot MP and esteemed criminal lawyer, condemns Turkey's policy of isolation imposed on PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan as 'inhumane' and an explicit form of torture. 

24 FEB 2024 · We should deal with the smallest problems people have. In that way, we can make them understand what Abdullah Öcalan is talking about. In our small village, we're 800 people - and we are working like that. We have a democratic, grassroots movement. Instead of going backwards, as most rural parts in Sweden do, we have developed our little village. We own our own fire department, grocery store, a lot of houses; we have a hostel, and apartments to rent.

22 FEB 2024 · "I transitioned from being an ‘objective observer’ to being an ‘advocate for social change’. That’s a perfectly legitimate position as a journalist. It’s okay to take a stance, if it’s based on knowledge and facts. It’s okay to speak out when it comes to the position of groups in society that have no institutional power. Without Kurdish media, we would all be in the dark about the daily realities in Kurdistan."

21 FEB 2024 · Ögmundur Jónasson, former Interior Minister for Iceland, participated in a recent Brussels conference addressing the continued detention of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, as well as joining a recent delegation to Iraqi Kurdistan.

13 FEB 2024 · Medya News spoke to Mike Arnott, President of Scotland’s Trade Union Council, to discuss the long history of internationalism in the UK’s trade union movement and his union’s support for Abdullah Öcalan.

3 FEB 2024 · Families demanded justice for disappeared journalists Kemal Mübariz and Cüneyt Aydınlar in Turkey's Kurdish regions, while the 984th Galatasaray vigil in Istanbul sought answers for Maksut Tepeli, missing for 40 years.

2 FEB 2024 · In a recent podcast interview with Medya News, veteran photojournalist Mark Campbell discusses his trial and guilty verdict under the UK's Terror Act for displaying a PKK-associated flag at a 2022 protest. Campbell provides insights into the legal challenges and political implications of his case, shedding light on the broader pattern of criminalisation faced by the UK Kurdish community.