Imam Sis, the Newport based Kurdish activist, has completed a successful hunger strike after his struggles echoed all of the way to Parliament, directly influencing the Turkish government to allow visitation by Abdullah Öcalan’s legal team. Öcalan called on his supporters to end their reported 3,000 hunger strikes around the world.
Allison Hulmes, BASW Cymru National Director for Wales, has been in post since the 1st March, replacing Robin Moulster who held the role for over seven years.
BASW Cymru National Director Allison Hulmes, joined hundreds of marchers in Cardiff yesterday, in support of the Kurdish strikers world-wide, and Imam Sis in particular.
BASW Cymru is calling for a poverty strategy that sets out clearly how poverty will be eradicated, following the recent UN Statement on poverty in the UK.
BASW Cymru welcomes the Welsh Government publishing its draft budget for 2018/19 that includes a stated aim to protect Welsh public services from austerity.