Agit Karatas is one among six individuals who had been charged on Tuesday with being members of the banned Kurdistan Staff’ Social gathering (PKK) after an investigation by counter-terrorism police in London.
The Kurdistan Staff’ Social gathering, often known as the PKK, has been a proscribed organisation since 2001 for its advocation of Kurdish self-rule by way of each political and armed battle.
Karatas, a 23-year-old Kurdish rights campaigner, is a part of the Centre for Kurdish Progress, a long-established group with hyperlinks to MPs.
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Agit Karatas (second from proper) on the APPG assembly. Pic: @APPGKurds
In October this 12 months, he was given entry to the parliamentary property for the primary assembly of a brand new All-Social gathering Parliamentary Group, the APPG on Kurds, chaired by Labour MP for Exeter, Steve Race.
The group is cross-party, with parliamentarians from throughout the political spectrum listed as members.
In attendance on the assembly had been Labour’s first Kurdish MP and science minister Feryal Clark, Labour MP Afzal Khan, Unbiased MP Shockat Adam and Lord Michael Cashman.
Addressing the room, Karatas mentioned the APPG would organize for “a delegation to Iraq and Syria upon which MPs and UK officials can meet officials in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and in North East Syria”.
He was additionally linked to a earlier APPG on Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria, which was chaired by former Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle.
His entry to parliament is by way of the Centre for Kurdish Progress, based by Ibrahim Dogus, who’s well-known in Westminster by way of the annual kebab awards, which is commonly attended by high-profile political figures.
Mr Dogus can be a Labour councillor who has stood as a parliamentary candidate twice for the social gathering, in 2017 and 2019.
Karatas was one among two girls and 4 males charged on Tuesday with being PKK members after being arrested and detained beneath the Terrorism Act 2000 on 27 November.
