Rep. Raskin Calls for Release of Kurdish Political Prisoner Selahattin Demirtas Held in Turkey
October 18, 2019
October 18, 2019
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release:
Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) announced that he is sponsoring and calling for the release of Kurdish political prisoner Selahattin Demirtas through the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission's Defending Freedoms Project. Demirtas is a Kurdish politician from Turkey and a former co-chair of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) who was unjustly imprisoned for making political speeches. Demirt . . .
Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) announced that he is sponsoring and calling for the release of Kurdish political prisoner Selahattin Demirtas through the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission's Defending Freedoms Project. Demirtas is a Kurdish politician from Turkey and a former co-chair of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) who was unjustly imprisoned for making political speeches. Demirt . . .