Wladimir van Wilgenburg
European Courts Suppress Vocal Support of PKK
Although the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been renouncing the use of violence for over a year, a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling indicates that even vocal support of the PKK in Europe could result in criminal conviction.
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Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Wladimir van Wilgenburg studied the BA International Relations and
Political History and also finished the two minors Journalism and New
Media and Conflict Studies. This year he is busy with his masters
degree in Conflict Studies and Human Rights at the University of
Utrecht. He has been working as a freelance journalist and analyst for
Turkish, Kurdish, Dutch and American institutes and media outlets.
Recently he participated in a project of the NGO Pax Christi about the
future of the Dutch military.