Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg enters its 10th year

A rally was held to celebrate the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in the city of Strasbourg. The rally was promoted by the KCDK-E to celebrate the beginning of the 10th year of the action. Speakers at the rally said that the isolation imposed on Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan is actually applied to the Kurdish people, and emphasized that isolation aimed at silencing the will of the Kurdish people.

Activists underlined that the Kurdish people will continue to fight until the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is achieved and added that it is of historical importance to ensure unity among Kurds against the occupation and genocide.

Initiated by KCDK-E in September 2020, the “End isolation, fascism and occupation; Time for freedom” campaign continues. Within the scope of the campaign, a mass rally was held on the to celebrate the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil which began on 25 June 2012 and entered its 10th year.

Speakers at the rally also said that the key to the solution of the Kurdish question is to be found in Imrali.

After the speeches, the representatives of the institutions took over the Vigil from the Oldenburg on its 470th week.

The names of the representatives who took over the Vigil are as follows: KCDK-E co-chairs Fatoş Göksungur and Yüksel Koç, TJK-E activist Arife Soysüren, KON-MED Co-chair Zübeyde Zümrüt, FCDK-Kawa’s Hoca Alper, NCDK-S Co-chair Hamit Bilten, FCK-BW-Bayern Baver Soresger, KOMAW Co-chairman Senge Kahraman and Baki Uludag, PJAK Representative Ibrahim Alipour, FEDA Co-chairman Ayfer Celik, NAV-YEK’s Haci Celik, Meclisa Sengale Derway Welat (MSD) Heci Hesen, KJAR’s Ronak Fadavi, KCDK-E Basur Diyar Bakır, Co-Chair of the Swiss Democratic Kurdistan Organizations İsmail Kardaş, PYD Representative Şehmuz Hesan, Siyana Meclisa Jine Yazidi (SMJE) Zero Al, CDK-F Co-chair Necmettin Demirkapı.

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