{"id":14091,"date":"2025-07-13T08:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T08:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomforabdullahocalan.org\/en\/?p=14091"},"modified":"2025-07-13T08:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T08:38:34","slug":"call-for-freedom-for-ocalan-at-durham-miners-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/?p=14091","title":{"rendered":"Call for freedom for \u00d6calan at Durham Miners&#8217; Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hundreds of Kurds attended the 139th edition of the Durham Miners&#8217; Gala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anfenglishmobile.com\/uploads\/en\/articles\/2025\/07\/20250713-durham-jpg7a1036-image.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:415px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anfenglishmobile.com\/culture\/call-for-freedom-for-Ocalan-at-durham-miners-gala-80278#\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/anfenglishmobile.com\/culture\/call-for-freedom-for-Ocalan-at-durham-miners-gala-80278#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 139th edition of the Durham Miners&#8217; Gala, one of the UK\u2019s oldest labor events, took place in a lively atmosphere with the participation of hundreds of Kurds. At the festival, Kurds living in Britain took part in the parade wearing their traditional clothing, drawing significant attention from British attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kurdish music group&nbsp;<em>Koma \u00c7arnewa<\/em>&nbsp;also performed at the event, adding a unique flavor to the festival with their songs. The banners carried in the parade and the traditional Kurdish dances (<em>halay<\/em>) created a vibrant visual display at the festival grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another striking aspect of the event was the call for \u201cFreedom for Abdullah \u00d6calan\u201d by British workers who took part in the celebration. Images reflecting these calls were recorded from both the parade and the festival area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Durham Miners\u2019 Association has openly supported the \u201cFreedom for Abdullah \u00d6calan Trade Union Campaign\u201d since 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><video controls=\"controls\" src=\"https:\/\/1649452211.rsc.cdn77.org\/20250712222241_2025-07-12-londra-durham-madenciler-festivalinde-abdullah-ocalana-ozgurluk_1.mp4\"><\/video><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of Kurds attended the 139th edition of the Durham Miners&#8217; Gala. The 139th edition of the Durham Miners&#8217; Gala, one of the UK\u2019s oldest labor events, took place in a lively atmosphere with the participation of hundreds of Kurds. At the festival, Kurds living in Britain took part in the parade wearing their traditional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/333-21.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14093,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14091\/revisions\/14093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}