Some 5,000 Kurds took to the streets of Brussels on Saturday in protest at a crackdown against the Kurdish television channel Roj TV, dpa reported. Police detained two Kurdish politicians and 6 other people during the protest, the Belgian news agency Belga reported. Kurds have been protesting in Belgium against the recent arrests of leading members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party PKK. Some 20 Kurds were rounded up in March, among them employees of Roj TV in the town of Denderleeuw. Arrest warrants were issued for eight of them. Prosecutors suspect the Kurds of membership of a terrorist organization and providing combat training to young Kurds. Thousands of Kurds protested last month against the police action, which they claim was politically motivated. -- SPA
