Solidarity Campaign

The Anti-Racist Initiative of Thessaloniki continues its’ campaign for obtaining political asylum for the Kurdish fighter Zulkuf Murat BORA (whose kurdish name is Bahoz). Part of this campaign is sending e-mails to the e-address of the Greek Ministry of Public Order with which we inform them of this issue and we demand political asylum for the above-mentioned political refugee.

Whoever is interested in taking part in this campaign can forward the following mail to:  ydt@otenet.gr

You can also forward this mail to whomever you believe would be interested in supporting this campaign.


Political Asylum for the Kurdish fighter Zulkuf Murat BORA

Bahoz (Zulkuf Murat) Bora was born in Chani, a small town of the region of Diyarbakir in turkish Kurdistan. As many other members of his family he was part of the National Liberating Fight of Kurdistan. One of his brothers is a recognized political refugee in Denmark while another has been arrested several times by the turkish authorities with charges pending against him due to his activity as a member of HADEP (democratic party of the people). As a result of political repression Zulkuf Murat BORA came to Greece in October 1995 and applied for political asylum (nr. 9135/26107).

Zulkuf Murat BORA is a member of the Liberating Party of Kurdistan (PRK-Rizgari) and because of his political action his name is included in the charge presented by the Court of State Security of Diyarbakir against his brother in May 1999. He reapplied for political asylum on 6-6-2001 but has received no answer. He is also an active member of the Anti-Racist Initiative of Thessaloniki and part of the student movement. He also takes part in several social activities in Thessaloniki.
We express our solidarity to the political refugee Zulkuf Murat BORA and we believe it is an elementary obligation of the greek state to give political asylum to a human who is persecuted for his origin, his beliefs and his political activity.