English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm proud to open today's debate on this motion. It's a matter of double importance to me, partly because I'm spokesperson for international affairs, but also because Imam Sis, who has inspired us to table today's debate, lives in Newport, and that falls within my region. I anticipate that Members on other sides of this Chamber will have differing views about what's got us to this point, and there'll come a time for us to debate those points, but let's begin with the human life that is at stake here, not 15 miles from where we stand at this very minute. I'll say his name again, because God knows he hasn't had the attention he should have had to date: Imam Sis. Imam has been on hunger strike for 94 days and he's done that in protest at the Turkish state's treatment of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been held in on-and-off solitary confinement since 1999, in contravention of international law. Imam is on this indefinite hunger strike alongside 300 of his compatriots, including Leyla Güven, who is a democratically elected Kurdish MP in the Turkish Parliament and who is now nearing death having refused food for 130 consecutive days. I implore Members to not dismiss what we're talking about here - people's lives. For that reason, I point out that our motion today is a straightforward one and we will not be accepting any of the proposed amendments. I have written to Leyla and to the secretariat for the European committee for the prevention of torture, and my letter called on them to review their investigation into the treatment of Mr Öcalan. The committee has looked into his case before now. Unfortunately, they do not have the necessary powers to ensure Mr Öcalan's human rights are enforced, which is why those campaigning for him have resorted to extreme measures to try to secure that his legal rights are honoured. Plaid Cymru welcomed the Welsh Government's decision to establish an international affairs ministry, and today is an opportunity for Wales to take its place on the international stage by being the first nation, through this Parliament and Government, to show its solidarity with the Kurdish people. Surely, it is incumbent on the National Assembly and Welsh Government to recognise and support the part that a Newport man is currently playing in an international struggle for justice, equality and human rights. I look forward to hearing Members' contributions and, truly, I hope for the support of the Labour benches as well, given that their party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has also given his full support to the hunger strikers' cause. Diolch.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Rwy'n falch o agor y ddadl ar y cynnig hwn heddiw. Mae'n fater pwysig i mi mewn dwy ffordd, yn rhannol oherwydd fy mod yn llefarydd ar faterion rhyngwladol, ond hefyd oherwydd bod Imam Sis, sydd wedi ein hysbrydoli i gyflwyno'r ddadl heddiw, yn byw yng Nghasnewydd, sydd yn fy rhanbarth. Rwy'n rhagweld y bydd gan Aelodau ar ochrau eraill y Siambr safbwyntiau gwahanol ynglŷn â beth sydd wedi dod â ni i'r pwynt hwn, ac fe ddaw amser i ni drafod y pwyntiau hynny, ond gadewch inni ddechrau gyda'r bywyd dynol sydd yn y fantol yma, lai na 15 milltir o ble y safwn yr eiliad hon. Fe ddywedaf ei enw eto, oherwydd dyn a ŵyr, nid yw wedi cael y sylw y dylai fod wedi'i gael hyd yma: Imam Sis. Mae Imam wedi bod ar streic newyn ers 94 diwrnod a gwnaeth hynny mewn protest ynglŷn â'r modd y mae gwladwriaeth Twrci yn trin arweinydd y Cwrdiaid, Abdullah Öcalan, sydd wedi'i garcharu, heb gysylltiad â neb am gyfnodau, ers 1999 yn groes i gyfraith ryngwladol. Mae Imam ar y streic newyn hon am gyfnod amhenodol ochr yn ochr â 300 o'i gydwladwyr, gan gynnwys Leyla Güven, sy'n AS Cwrdaidd a etholwyd yn ddemocrataidd i Senedd Twrci ac sydd bellach yn agos at farw ar ôl gwrthod bwyd am 130 o ddiwrnodau'n olynol. Rwy'n erfyn ar yr Aelodau i beidio â diystyru'r hyn rydym yn sôn amdano yma - bywydau pobl. Am y rheswm hwnnw, rwy'n nodi bod ein cynnig heddiw yn un syml ac ni fyddwn yn derbyn unrhyw un o'r gwelliannau a gynigir. Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu at Leyla ac at ysgrifenyddiaeth y pwyllgor Ewropeaidd er atal arteithio, a galwodd fy llythyr arnynt i adolygu eu hymchwiliad i driniaeth Mr Öcalan. Mae'r pwyllgor wedi edrych ar ei achos cyn hyn. Yn anffodus, nid oes ganddynt y pwerau angenrheidiol i sicrhau bod hawliau dynol Mr Öcalan yn cael eu gorfodi, a dyna pam y mae'r rhai sy'n ymgyrchu ar ei ran wedi troi at fesurau eithafol i geisio sicrhau bod ei hawliau cyfreithiol yn cael eu parchu. Croesawodd Plaid Cymru benderfyniad Llywodraeth Cymru i sefydlu gweinyddiaeth materion rhyngwladol, ac mae heddiw'n gyfle i Gymru gymryd ei lle ar y llwyfan rhyngwladol drwy fod y wlad gyntaf, drwy gyfrwng y Senedd a'r Llywodraeth hon, i ddangos ei bod yn sefyll gyda'r Cwrdiaid. Does bosib nad yw'n ddyletswydd ar y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol a Llywodraeth Cymru i gydnabod a chefnogi'r rhan y mae dyn o Gasnewydd yn ei chwarae ar hyn o bryd yn y frwydr ryngwladol dros gyfiawnder, cydraddoldeb a hawliau dynol. Edrychaf ymlaen at glywed cyfraniadau'r Aelodau, ac rwy'n gobeithio'n wirioneddol y cawn gefnogaeth y meinciau Llafur yn ogystal, o gofio bod arweinydd eu plaid, Jeremy Corbyn, hefyd wedi rhoi ei gefnogaeth lawn i achos y streicwyr newyn. Diolch.