Today in Copenhagen a tent will be put up. It is the RojTv support tent. RojTv is the Kurdish satellite channel under trial in Denmark for its alleged links to the PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party).

The tent will become a meeting point as well as the place for press conferences and information about the latest developments on the case. Indeed at the end of October, BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) Diyarbakýr MP, Leyla Zana, is expected to arrive in Copenhagen.

The trial against RojTv has started on the 15 August.

A mail campaign has been launched to support RojTv. In few days 100 thousand mails have been sent to the Minister of Justice: [email protected], Minister of Foreign Affairs: [email protected], ROJ TV: [email protected]

The mail had the following message: “Around the world millions of Kurds are watching the Kurdish satellite TV channel ROJ TV. ROJ TV is not only the biggest Kurdish TV station but also the one with the highest viewing rates among all TV channels in Turkey.

Despite this and maybe rather because of this the Turkish Government keeps putting pressure on the Danish government for closing down ROJ TV under the pretext of ‘struggling against terrorism’.

However it’s clear that the Turkish Government’s efforts are associated with the oppression of the Kurdish language which de facto is still forbidden as ROJ TV is broadcasting its news and cultural programmes in this particular language.

At the same time, the pressure on Denmark as licenser demonstrates Turkey’s dismissive attitude towards the freedom of press as it tries to close down a critical media coverage.

ROJ TV is our free voice and ROJ TV is enlightens our view on the world and on what is going on in Kurdistan.”