The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, which was launched in Strasbourg on June 25, 2012, with the aim of achieving the physical freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and ending the İmralı torture system, continues with determination.
The vigil is held in Strasbourg, where institutions like the Council of Europe, the CPT (Committee for the Prevention of Torture), and the European Court of Human Rights and the European Parliament are located.
The vigil also aims to promote Abdullah Öcalan’s ideas, raise awareness of the Kurdish people’s struggle, and build public pressure on international institutions to take responsibility.
The action, which is carried out every week in front of the Council of Europe by groups of Kurds living in Europe and their friends, entered its 70th week.
In the new week, the vigil was taken over by Kurdish patriots Azad Burulday, Veysi Laçin and Emin Akalp.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Azad Burulday reiterated their demand for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
“We must take the hand extended by our leader for peace and the freedom of the Kurdish people. We must embrace the freedom of our leader as our own freedom,” Burulday stated.