6 of us from Bristol defendant and prisoner solidarity groups and the Bristol Kurdistan Solidarity Network visited North Kurdistan (Bakur) in December as part of a delegation. While there we met with several organisations, including left wing union confederations, co-operatives, the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, women's structures, the HDP, and the TUHAD-FED prisoner support organisation in Amed (Diyarbakir). We learnt how their works are going, and told them about our struggles in Bristol