🚨 Kurdistan, Solidarity and Our Common Future 🚨
2025-01-19 10:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Kurdish Community Centre London, Kurdish Community Centre, 11 Portland Gardens, London, United Kingdom
Please join us for a one day education and solidarity event at the Kurdish Community Centre in London, in response to recent attempts to intimidate and marginalise this community hub.
🗓️ 19 January 2025, 10.30am-5pm
📍 Kurdish Community Centre, 11 Portland Gardens, London, N4 1HU
Speakers to be announced
For more information, and to register, please visit the Eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kurdistan-solidarity-and-our-common-future-tickets-1132539759909

London Solidarity Demo
2026-01-19 21:00 - 22:30 | London King’s Cross Station, London, N1C 4AP, United Kingdom
The Kurdish people in Rojava are facing an imminent and grave threat of genocide. Jihadist gangs aligned with the Damascus government, together with ISIS cells, are carrying out brutal attacks against the Kurdish population. In the face of these genocidal assaults, we call on all our people and all friends of justice and freedom to act with urgency, to raise their voices, and to stand together in organized solidarity in the streets and public squares.

Stand with Rojava (Edinburgh)
2026-01-19 22:00 - 23:30 | American Embassy, Edinburgh, American Embassy, 3 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH7 5BW, United Kingdom
Kurds in Syria are under attack! Civilians are in danger — we cannot keep quiet!
Support the Kurdish people of Rojava — threatened by ISIS and the Syrian regime.
Peaceful protest · Show solidarity!

Stand with Kurds (Edinburgh)
2026-01-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH99 1SP, United Kingdom
We call upon all community members, activists, and allies to join us in a mass demonstration to support the Kurdish people. From the revolution in Rojava to the resistance in Rojhilat, the struggle for self-determination and human rights continues. Let us raise our voices against oppression and show the world that Kurdistan is not alone.

Justice for Kurdistan (London)
2026-01-20 13:00 - 14:30 | 10 Downing Street, 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Urgent Call 🚨
We call on all Kurds and everyone who supports human rights across all British cities to join a demonstration in London:

Where: No. 10 Downing Street
When: Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 1:00 PM

The Kurds in Rojava are facing a real threat from terrorists, including massacres, killing of prisoners, looting of homes, and destruction of communities.
This is a call for the UK government to take immediate action to protect civilians.
Your voice matters. Silence is complicity.
#ProtectRojava #ProtectKurds #StopMassacres #HumanRights

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Liverpool Stands with Kurds!
2026-01-20 17:00 - 18:30 | London Road Tesco, Liverpool, Tesco, London Rd, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Edinburgh - Stand With Rojava
2026-01-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Edinburgh, 3 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5BW
Tuesday 20th January, 7pm
US Consulate General, 3 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5BW
Kurds in Syria face serious threats after attacks and escalation! Civilians are in grave danger – We cannot keep silent!
Gather tonight to support the people of Rojava – under threat from ISIS and the Syrian regime!

Emergency Demo Outside UK Foreign Office (Whitehall)
2026-01-21 11:00 - 12:00 | UK Foreign Office, London, Whitehall, London, United Kingdom
JOIN AN EMERGENCY DEMO OUTSIDE UK FOREIGN OFFICE (WHITEHALL) THIS WEDNESDAY 11am!
STOP WAR AGAINST THE KURDS!!!
CALLED BY KURDISH ASSEMBLY UK
“Long live the Rojava Resistance!”
JOIN THE GLOBAL RESPONSE
STAND WITH THE KURDS IN SOLIDARITY

Stop War Against Kurds (Cardiff)
2026-01-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Senedd Cymru (Cardiff), Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament, Cardiff, Wales, CF99 1SN, United Kingdom
The barbaric remnants of the ISIS mentality, Colani and the HTS gangs, have launched a major attack with the planning and support of the international system, the Gulf countries and Turkey, in order to carry out a genocide against our people in **Rojava**. As of this moment, our people are facing the danger of a major massacre. In order not to remain silent during this critical process; we call on all our people, our friends, and everyone who considers themselves to stand on the side of humanity to express their reaction through democratic means in front of the Welsh Parliament/Senedd Cymru.
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Norwich Stand With Kurds!
2026-01-21 11:00 - 12:30
Urgent Demonstration – Support the Kurds in Rojava!
Wednesday 21st January, 11am
Norwich Train Station, Station Approach, Thorpe Rd, NR1 1EF
Defend Rojava!

Brighton Solidarity Demo
2026-01-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Churchill Square, Brighton, Churchill Square, Western Rd, Brighton, BN1 2TE, United Kingdom
Dear Kurdish community members and comrades,
Genocide attempts, displacement of hundreds of thousands of Kurdish people, and stealing of reservoir territories are happening.
Democratic protest:
Wednesday / Çarşamba 12:00
Churchill Square
Western Road
Brighton BN1 2TE, UK

Dem u Beyanî baş,
Gelêmeyî bi rumet,
Wekî ahahîya we pê heye êrîşên li ser civakameyî Rojava kom kujî u koçberî xwera hanşye!
Em hîşyarîya nirxên welat parêzî u helwest girtinê pêk bînîn.
Ser vê esasê Roj’a Çarşemî’yê li ber Brighton Churchill Square’ê saet 12:00’de dest bi çalakîya girseyî bikin.
Western Road
Brighton
2TE UK
England

Sheffield Stand with Kurds
2026-01-21 13:00 - 14:30 | Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA, United Kingdom

Newcastle #DefendRojava
2026-01-21 15:00 - 16:30
Wednesday 21st January, 3pm
Newcastle City Centre, Haymarket
Together, with one united voice, we raise our voices for freedom, justice, and human rights, standing against oppression and dictatorial rule.
Together, with one voice: Resistance is Life.

Leeds Solidarity Demo
2026-01-21 17:00 - 18:30 | Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, LS1 3AA, United Kingdom

Manchester - We Say No To Genocide!
2026-01-21 18:00 - 19:30
Wednesday 21st January, 6pm
Media City, Salford Quays
ACTION FOR KURDS
British Press: Break the Silence! Report the Massacres!
The Syrian state calls for genocide against the people – WE SAY NO!

Stop War Against Kurds (Wolverhampton)
2026-01-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Wolverhampton City Centre, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TE, United Kingdom

ONLINE Info Call: What is happening in NE Syria and How to Help
2026-01-21 20:00 - 21:00
Wednesday 21st January, 8pm – 9pm
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87025759993
Kurdistan Solidarity Network is hosting a public info-call about the situation in Rojava and what we can do to support to communities of North and East Syria, who are facing brutal attacks from the Syrian Transitional Government forces and the jihadist militias it has mobilised.
We will hear from journalists and activists currently in Rojava, as well as hearing what we can do to defend Rojava from the UK.

Take action
What can we do from Britain in solidarity with Rojava?

Stay informed about what’s going on and how to take action: Join whatsapp groups where we share information and mobilise resistance:

Defend Kurdistan announcements-only group: https://bit.ly/DefendKurdistan
Defend Kurdistan discussion and chat group: https://bit.ly/DKdiscuss
Women Defend Rojava UK: https://bit.ly/WDR_UK

Occupy and Blockade. Organise actions against arms companies and the businesses that drive the military-industrial complex! See map of weapons factories in Britain that are supplying Turkey here.
Join the People’s Caravan to Kobane. People from all over Europe are travelling to Kobane to defend the revolution. For more information see their Instagram or contact via Signal (caravankobane.15 or +49 1521 478023) or email (kobanecaravan@proton.me).
Attend and organise demonstrations and events to raise awareness. Find a list of demonstrations and events happening at https://kurdistansolidarity.net/events/. Send photos to the Defend Kurdistan WhatsApp or email hello@kurdistansolidarity.net so we can share with people in Rojava.
Write and Share public statements. Condemn the actions of the Syrian Transitional Government and show your solidarity with the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES). Solidarity statements are being compiled here.
Donate to Frontline Groups. Donate to Kurdish Red Crescent, the only on-the-ground emergency relief forces via paypal.me/heyvasorakurdistane or Free Women’s Foundation of Syria (Weqfa Jina Azad a Sûriyê) via IBACS (Donation account: Kurdistanhilfe e.V. / Keyword: NOTHILFE / Hamburger Sparkasse / IBAN [REDACTED] / BIC HASPDEHHXXX )
Write to your MP. Demand that they apply Immediate political pressure to stop the attacks, end direct and indirect support for HTS, ISIS and Turkey’s actions in Syria, take a clear position against the ISIS threat, provide urgent humanitarian assistance and instigate international monitoring and accountability. And crucially to work towards the political recognition of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) for a lasting solution. You can find a template letter or email here.
Sign the petitions. Petition to UK Government coming soon here and from academics here.

Tools and Resources like leaflets, posters and documentaries are listed on the Kurdistan Solidarity Website here.
Keep up to date with ongoing support join the Defend Kurdistan UK WhatsApp chat here
Subscribe to the KSN *announcements only* email list, send an email to:
kurdishsolidaritynetwork-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
Follow the RiseUp4Rojava and WomenDefendRojava pages:

RiseUp4Rojava (central accounts)
Instagram: riseup.4rojava
Telegram: t.me/RiseUp4
X: @RISEUP4R0JAVA
WomenDefendRojava (central accounts)
Instagram: women_defend_rojava
RojavaEng Telegram: t.me/womendefend
X: @WomenDefendRoj1

Stay Informed
Misinformation and narratives of an ethnic war are part of the strategies employed by Turkey and the Syrian Transitional Government/HTS forces. Here are a set of reliable news sources.

For latest news from the resistance, visit Firat News Agency (in multiple languages). There are also good articles on The Amargi website.
You can find in-depth dossiers and updates about the sitation of women on the website of
Kongra Star, the umbrella women’s movement in the region.
For general backround information on the self-administration in Northern and Eastern Syria
and for recent developments about the political situation in the region, visit the Rojava
Information Center or look through the resources on the here and here.
To read a geopolitical context analysis, we recommend this analysis by Ronahi – Youth Center for Public Relations – and this analysis by the Academy of Democratic Modernity.
For a timeline of the last year of events leading up to the events this month see this article and for a short explainer of why this matters see Carne Ross’s substack.
In Kurdish, Turkish, and Arabic, you can follow the channels and social media of JinTV,
Mezopotamya Ajansi, Sterk TV, Medya Haber, and Ronahi TV. Some of the programs are also available in English.

Some resources shared during the call that are relevant to the current situation:

“Kurdish Blood for Arab Lands: Prospects for Raqqa” by Mehmet Aksoy
“Berxwedan Jiyane: The Resistance of Tishreen” – A documentary made a year ago by an internationalist volunteer in Rojava, brings to life the spirit of resistance of the civilian blockades organised by communities in north and east Syria
Al Sharaa (Jolani) the president of Syria had a $10 million bounty on him less than 2 months before becoming president https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07gv3j818ko
A video of the statue of the woman fighter being torn down in Tabqa
A video about Jinwar, the women’s village in Rojava – Jinwar really exemplifies a lot of what the Rojava Revolution has been building
The last words of Sehid Deniz, herself half Kurdish, half Arab, who fought until her last bullet in the resistance of Aleppo and her corpse was thrown off a building by the HTS forces:
“The enemies—those who, with a jihadist ideology, pose a great danger to the entire world and the peoples of the region, especially to women—have surrounded us with heavy tanks. A very large number of gangs are attacking us. Up to now we have resisted them in many different ways, but now we are using the ammunition we have with caution so that it does not run out. It is necessary that all our friends and our people know that we will fight until our last breath, no matter what happens. Calls for surrender are being made to us, but just as Zarîfe and Besêyan threw themselves from the cliffs of Dersim, as Rindêxan ended his life at the Malabadi Bridge and gave meaning to life, we too will never take a step back from resistance.
Now each and every one of us has a bomb with us. If we know that our last ammunition is exhausted, we will—five comrades together—carry out a self-sacrificing action against the occupying enemy who has committed every kind of atrocity against our people and our comrades. Whatever happens, nothing is more important than protecting the honor of our people. Those who do not face death at the decisive moment cannot become the breath of a free life.”

Some common terms and definitions:

HTS = Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham, the al-Qaeda offshoot that now holds power in the Syrian Transitional Government
Daesh = the Arabic name for ISIS (Islamic State)
Bakur = North Kurdistan (in Turkey)
Bashur = South Kurdistan (in Iraq)

Exeter: Urgent Protest for Rojava
2026-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Sidwell Street, Exeter, EX4 6RT
12pm, Thursday 22nd January, 2026
Sidwell Street, Exeter, EX4 6RT
Defend Rojava!
Stop the Attacks on Kurds!
Stand Against ISIS and Its Allies!

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London Students Defend Rojava
2026-01-22 16:00 - 17:00 | King’s College London Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS
Thursday 22nd January, 4pm
King’s College London
Strand Campus
London WC2R 2LS
London Students Defend Rojava – Solidarity is Resistance!

Liverpool Solidarity Demo
2026-01-22 17:00 - 18:30 | Queen Victoria Monument, Liverpool, Liverpool, L2 1AB, United Kingdom

Hull - Stand with Kurds
2026-01-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Paragon Station, Hull, HU1 3QX
6pm, Thursday 22nd January
Paragon Station, Ferensway, Hull, HU1 3QX
Urgent call to Kurdish people and friends to demonstrate in Hull!
Rise Up for Rojava – Defend Kurdish Freedom

London Enfield - We Will Not Be Silent, We Will March
2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Kürecikliler Derneği, Enfield, EN3 4HB
Thursday 22nd January, 7pm
Meeting point: Kürecikliler Derneği, Enfield, EN3 4HB
Organised by Enfield Sara Tekoşin Commune
Silence in the face of massacres is complicity. We do not accept the attacks, human rights violations, and systematic violence targeting the Kurdish people

🚨 Emergency information session on Rojava 🚨
2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Rojava is under attack. Dilar Dirik @dilar_drk will deliver an emergency information session on “Rojava: War, Militarism and Resistance” online. Please join us and learn about what’s happening to Kurdish people and minorities right now.
📆Thursday 22nd January
⏰7pm GMT
📍Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IIFmOlmGQ4CDW3Zyk31FBA#/registration
Please sign up using the link.
Dilar Dirik is the author of The Kurdish Women’s Movement: History, Theory, Practice available from @plutopress and created an incredible course for Left Book Club titled “War, Militarism and Resistance” which is free for LBC members to enrol on. This emergency session was previously an interactive session for course participants, but due to the events in Rojava over the past few days the interactive session will take place in the coming months.
#alleyesonrojava
#rojava #kurdistan #leftwing #leftbookclub #solidarity

Urgent Call to Action (London)
2026-01-23 14:00 - 15:30 | US Embassy London, 33 Nine Elms Lane, London, SW11 7US, United Kingdom
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Bristol Demand Action for Kurds
2026-01-23 17:00 - 18:30 | BBC Bristol, BBC Bristol, Bridgewater House, Counterslip, Redcliffe, Bristol, BS1 6BX, United Kingdom
Hi friends. We need people to show up collectively this Friday at 5pm outside the BBC in solidarity with the Kurds.
🔥 The people’s revolution in Rojava is a source of hope in a world on fire. Their kind of democracy is people-powered, their economy is self-organised and they give us hope that system change from below is really possible. 🔥
⚠️ Right now, they are under attack. International governments are nowhere to be seen and the media is quiet. What else should we expect? ⚠️
‼️ The powers that be want this revolution to be crushed. They want it to be silenced.
But all over the world, friends of the Rojava revolution are mobilising to resist. ‼️
More info about the situation: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTxY7wUiLwY/?img_index=1

Urgent Protest: Stand with the People of Rojava! (Glasgow)
2026-01-23 17:00 - 18:30 | BBC Scotland, Glasgow, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1DA, United Kingdom
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Canterbury: We Stand by the Kurdish People
2026-01-24 12:00 - 14:00
Local Demonstration Kent area. Canterbury Cathedral 12 noon to petition the Archbishop!

Urgent Demonstration for Rojava (Cardiff)
2026-01-24 13:00 - 14:30 | Pen-Y-Lan Rd, Cardiff, Pen-Y-Lan Rd, Cardiff, CF23 5HW, United Kingdom
Speech transcript
Defending Rojava now is defending the world against the phantom of fascism and destruction that is ravaging the world.
Last week it was the women’s council of Aleppo the one who decided to stay and defend the city. A few days ago, it was the jihadist militia who captured the leader of the council and assassinated her. We are, once again, witnessing the horrific attacks of ISIS and how they specifically target women. This was clearly a set of intentions: to stop the people’s liberation, to ostracise women again, to kill our fight for life.
If we look at the landscape around us: negligence, destruction and misery is being served to our comrades all around the world to sustain the war machinery that the economies of western countries we live in depend upon. Who do we want to be as people? What actions will we take to defend humanity? From Rojava to Chiapas, from the people raided in the US to the land workers exploited in the Spanish fields, from Palestina, Sudan and Congo to the Mapuches and the people in Myanmar. What people are doing is fighting for life.
The people in Rojava and in the councils in Syrian cities like Aleppo, Raqqa or Taqba are the ones who defeated the fascism of ISIS when all countries look to the other side. The reality is that the most powerful forces around the world are trying hard to annihilate life, to vanish the hope and with the hope, our certainty that a new world is carried by us. And all we are doing is defending.
Rojava was the beacon of hope that showed us that we can dream bigger, that we can feel stronger, that we can, after all, defend freedom with the joy of those who know that this cause is bigger than ourselves.This revolution is for all of us. it’s a cause for the world
We have in our hands the possibility to keep alive not just a revolution but a whole paradigm to change the world. Building communes, cooperatives, women assemblies and self defense units they are confronting the capitalization of life, the aggressive patriarchal society and the ecological collapse.
Rojava is a direct threat to the current fascist climate and the real capitalism that fuels it. Rojava is a direct hope against the nation state as we know it and the erratic institutions that sustain it. It is the defense of this model that, through the politics and practice of the defense of life, can break the extractivist and patriarchal logic of our current world. Rojava is by far, the biggest asset for a radical and democratic emancipation.
So from here, to the politicians, to the media, to the corporations that sustain the war machinery: speak up and stop this massacre. Demand a ceasefire based on reasonable conditions, demand the recognition of the Autonomous Administration of North Eastern Syria and demand the protection of its civilians.
To the internationalists around the world, to the people who fight for change, to those in all the struggles: for land, for people’s liberation, for the rights of workers, women, peoples of colour, dissident genders, for all who fight racism and fascist, we call on you to stand in solidarity with the people in Rojava and Kurdistan, stand in solidarity with the democratic confederalist revolution and rise, once again, against the politics of death.
For Life
For Freedom
For Rojava
Victory or victory

Urgent Protest for Rojava (Birmingham)
2026-01-24 13:00 - 14:30 | Victoria Square, Birmingham, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BD, United Kingdom

(London) Stand with Rojava: For Freedom, Justice, Democracy, and National Rights
2026-01-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Trafalgar Square, London, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DS, United Kingdom
Saturday 24th January, 2pm – 5pm
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DS
Stand with Rojava Kurdistan – for freedom, justice, democracy and national rights
Kurds unite against oppression!
