Statement by students and staff of the University of Vienna on the imprisonment of Max Zirngast On September 11, 2018 at 5 am in Ankara, Austrian journalist, author and student Max Zirngast, who has been living in Turkey, was arrested by the Turkish police. According to media reports, as in many other similar cases, the…
Upon invitation of the left re:volt Magazine, the founding meeting of the solidarity campaign #FreeMaxZirngast took place last night in the “Semperdepot” of the Academy of Fine Arts. The meeting brought together amongst many of Max’ friends and fellow students, also former parliamentary representative of the Austrian Green Party, Berîvan Aslan, Prof. Karl Reitter, the…
We have noticed your solidarity actions. This really helps and honors us. I greet and thank everyone who shows us solidarity. I’m sitting here in prison as a European socialist, and as a researcher, author, and student. But many prisoners from Turkey are sitting here as well. Comrades, MPs, and even elected mayors are in…
