A concert was held in Paris with the understanding of “international struggle against the International Conspiracy”. The concert called on everyone who was marginalized by capitalist modernity to unite under the roof of democratic confederalism.
The Kurdish people and their friends living in Europe organized various cultural events in the second year of the international campaign "Freedom for Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question".
One of the initiatives was a "Solidarity Concert with Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdish Political Prisoners" held in Paris on Saturday.
The concert, at the Montreuil Congress Palace, was organized by the Kurdish Democratic Council of France (CDK-F), the Kurdish Women's Movement of France (TJK-F), the Jineoloji Committee, the Kurdistan Cultural Association, France-Kurdistan, the Solidaires Union, the Danielle Mitterrand Foundation, the Movement Against Racism and the Friendship Between Peoples (MRAP), the Peace Movement, SOS Racism, the Tamil Elam House I. Associations Village, Lavrio Solidarity, Kurd Inalco, Internationaliste, the Cultural Association of Migrant Workers from Turkey (ACTİT) and the Union of Liberal Communists (UCL).
The concert was presented by Berivan Fırat and Baran Kara, co-chairs of the Democratic Kurdish Council of France (CDK-F), and began with the reading of a text jointly prepared by CDK-F and all participating institutions. The text underlined the seriousness of the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the development process of the Imrali torture and genocide system.
The text touched upon the importance of the international struggle to eliminate isolation, torture and the genocide system implemented in Imrali, and added that the international initiative that started on 10 October 2023 has grown and spread thanks to joint struggle.
The statement called on "the oppressed and all segments that have been marginalized by capitalist modernity to unite under the roof of Democratic Confederalism."
Ömer Güneş, one of the lawyers of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, drew attention to the fact that Öcalan has been kept in isolation in Imrali for over a quarter of a century and that he has not been allowed to see his family or lawyers for nearly 4 years. Lawyer Güneş said that "isolation in Imrali is torture and a crime against humanity," and drew attention to the fact that European institutions are silent against this torture.
Following the speech, artists Mouss & Hakim, Rodolphe Burger, Sofiane Saidi, Mehdi Haddab, Mademoiselle, Firmesk, Xelîl Xemgîn, Hekîm Sefkan and Hozan Comerd took the stage.
