The hunger strike activists are in the Stockholm Democratic Kurdish Society Center locale and are resolved to continue to fight until the isolation ends.

Southern Kurdistani Zerdesht Ibrahimi travelled to Stockholm from hundreds of kilometers up north in Sweden to join the hunger strike. Ibrahimi spoke to the ANF and said: “We are not just on this hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation against Abdullah Öcalan, we are essentially protesting for his freedom. Before all, the CPT should go to Imrali to investigate and inform the public about the state of Öcalan’s health.”

Ibrahimi said they consider the isolation of Öcalan, who millions of Kurds see as their leader, to be the isolation of the Kurdish people as a whole: “In Bashur the people support Serok Öcalan. They want him free. But the people of Bashur can’t express their feelings and thoughts due to pressure by the KDP.”

Ibrahimi said the KDP works together with the Turkish state and fails to defend the interests of the Kurdish people. “Our people in Bashur must overcome worry and fear. If we act together, no force on Earth can suppress our struggle,” said Ibrahimi and called on the people of Southern Kurdistan to take a stand against the isolation imposed upon Öcalan.

Meanwhile, allies of Kurdistanis visit the activists to give messages of support. Left Party MP Daniel Riazat was among the visitors of the hunger strike on the second day.

Riazat said the Left Party demands the PKK be removed from the terrorist organizations list and that they will continue their struggle until it is, stressing that the Left Party of Sweden is in solidarity with the activists.