German police attack long march for Öcalan on second day

The annual Long March (Meşa Dirêj) for the freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, organized by the European Youth Movements TCŞ and TekoJIN, kicked off in Cologne, Germany on Saturday.

This year’s Long March action will continue from Cologne to Aachen from September 11 to September 16.

The march is attended by Kurdish and internationalist youth from a variety of European countries. The march began in Cologne yesterday after a moment of silence in memory of Martyr Senar Zagros and all the Kurdistan revolution martyrs. TCŞ , TekoJIN, and TJK-E delivered speeches at the start of the march. The talks touched upon the genocidal invasion attacks carried out in Kurdistan, the isolation imposed on all the Kurdish people in the person of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, and the epic guerrilla resistance.

The activists walked about 25 kilometres and ended the first day of the march in Leverkusen. Participants of the march gathered early this morning and commenced the second day of their action.

Wearing t-shirts with inscriptions “Freedom for Öcalan” and “Werin Cenga Azadiyê”, the activists displayed banners that read “Freedom for Öcalan”, “Şehîd Namirin” and “Werin Cenga Azadiyê”.

The activists were surrounded by the police as they started to walk from Leverkusen centre to Düsseldorf Benrath.

The police attempted to detain the activists, who responded that they will not be intimidated by suppression.

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