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We Greens stand with the democratic forces in Turkey. We say: Free Them All! Shortly before his nomination as the presidential candidate of the opposition party CHP, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was deposed, arrested, and imprisoned. Once again, President Erdoğan is using his system of politicized justice against democracy. It is his attempt to transform Turkey into a hollowed-out, corrupt one-man state. We demand the immediate release of Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu. We demand the immediate release of Selahattin Demirtaş, former MP, presidential candidate, and leader of our sister party HDP. And we demand the immediate release of Can Atalay, elected MP of the TIP, who belongs at the podium, not in prison! Türkçe Almanya Yeşiller Partisi ve grubu olarak, Türkiye'deki democratik güçlerin yanındayız. Tek sesle diyoruz ki: Tüm siyasi tutsakları serbest bırakın! İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı İmamoğlu'nun derhal serbest bırakılmasını talep ediyoruz. Eski milletvekili, Cumhurbaşkanı adayı ve kardeş partimiz HDP'nin lideri Selahattin Demirtaş'ın derhal serbest bırakılmasını talep ediyoruz. TİP'in seçilmiş milletvekili Can Atalay'ın yeri hapishane değil meclis kürsüsüdür.

Thank you #Cologne 🙏🏽 More than 50,000 people attended the demonstration yesterday and celebrated #Newroz together. Newroz is a symbol of freedom. Newroz is a symbol of democracy. Newroz stands for hope. Newroz stands for a tomorrow in which we all live together peacefully. ✌🏾 📸 1/2 @ismail_sherif1

What a joy that @janilhankizilhan is receiving the Federal Cross of Merit! He helps Yazidi women who survived the crimes of ISIS and tirelessly works to provide them with medical and psychological care. I will never forget our trip to Kurdistan. Thank you for your commitment! #Yezidi #Kurdistan #IS #FederalCross of Merit

Happy New Year! ☀️

AfD in the FC Bundestag ⁉️ We want to exclude the AfD from @fcbundestag, the parliamentarians' football team. This is what our resolution says – the regional court has now ruled that this is not possible under our statutes. Of course, we respect the regional court's decision, but what we can do democratically is change our statutes, because they were written when there were no Nazis in the German Bundestag. For me, playing on a team with AfD politicians who, as their main job, want to destroy our democracy, is out of the question. We can't demand that civil society be courageous against right-wing extremism and then play football with Nazis in our free time. Also: Our team is well-positioned on the far right, so we don't need any more substitutes. More in the interview with @spiegelmagazin ⚽️

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Abdullah Öcalan's call and the PKK ceasefire open a historic opportunity for peace, democracy, and détente. We, Kurdish-German members of the Bundestag, call on the new federal government to conscientiously and constructively support this peace process. The undersigned are Kassem Taher Saleh (Alliance 90/The Greens), Gökay Akbulut, Mirze Edis, Cem Ince, Ferat Koçak, and Cansu Özdemir (The Left). #jinjiyanazadi #rojava #federalgovernment #peace #kurdistan #pkk 📸 Kurdishstruggle

Friedrich Merz now wants to implement what he stubbornly blocked as opposition leader. So he deliberately weakened the country beforehand so he could become chancellor himself. It is precisely this style of politics that is poisoning our democracy and destroying citizens' trust. #merz #debtbrake #lietothepower

🇨🇺Welcome to freedom, Luis Frómeta Compte. The man from Dresden had filmed protests in Cuba and was therefore sentenced to 25 years in prison. After three and a half years, the great news of his release. I hope he comes home and to his family soon.   Bienvenido a la libertad, Luis Frómeta Compte. The Dresden film was protested in Cuba and was subject to 25 years of imprisonment. For three years and a half, the best notice of liberation. Espero que vuelvas pronto a tu casa en Dresden with tu familia, Luis. 🙃🙏🏽 Thanks to @lars.rohwer.politik, the Frometa family, @amtsbergluise as human rights commissioner, and @auswaertigesamt and their embassy in #Cuba. 🙏🏽

#slavaukraini 🇺🇦 Alina Saraniuk, mayor of #Bucha, makes it clear who the real aggressor is. Last year, I was in #Bucha, #Kyiv, and #Irpin myself and saw how brutally Putin is destroying this country. We stand firmly on the side of #Ukraine! ✊🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦🤝🇩🇪