The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, which was launched in Strasbourg on 25 June 2012, with the aim of achieving the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and ending the Imrali torture system, continues with determination.

The vigil, which is carried out every week by groups of Kurds living in Europe and their friends, was taken over by CÎK (Kurdistan Islamic Community) European Spokesperson Melê Salih and CÎK members Sezai Keskin, Emin Çiftçi and Malzum Uğurlu in its 643rd week.

Mele Salih said “Leader Apo (Abdullah Öcalan) is the guarantee of honourable peace and the will to solve the Kurdish question” and called on European institutions to go to İmralı as soon as possible.

Melê Salih also called on European institutions to fulfil their duties, saying: “Our cause is the cause of peace. Our leader came to Europe from Kurdistan and the Middle East for peace. We are also here today for peace. Problems can be solved through peace. Isolation is a crime against humanity.”

Underlining that problems will not be solved through denial, plunder and destruction, Mele Salih said, “The solution is peace. The way to this is dialogue. Dialogue is done with the interlocutor.”