MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ALL PKK AFFILIATED GROUPS NOW FORBIDDEN IN UK !

Britain tightens curbs against Kurdish terror groups in round of new measures against extremists

25 Febr 2020 – MESOP NEWS – Teyre Azadiye Kurdistan and Hêzên Parastina Gel have been banned

It comes as the UK faced mounting pressure from Turkey to recognise Kurdish terror groups.Partiya Karkeren Kurdistani (the Kurdistan Worker’s Party or PKK) has already been banned but now its aliases Teyre Azadiye Kurdistan (TAK) and Hêzên Parastina Gel (HPG) have also been proscribed.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “The PKK has long been considered to be involved in terrorism and these orders will prevent individuals circumventing efforts to counter its activity.”

In addition the UK has banned two far right groups and has announced a tightening up of its terror laws to afford more protection to people in public places.

It comes after far right extremist Tobias Rathjen killed 10 people in Hanau, Germany, last week.

The move to ban the Kurdish groups comes after Turkey refused to back a Nato plan to protect Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the event of a Russian attack unless the group recognised the Kurdish YPG militia as terrorists.