Demo in front of the German Foreign Ministry denounces the isolation of Öcalan
Kurds protested against the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in front of the German Foreign Ministry.
Kurds protested against the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in front of the German Foreign Ministry.
Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is completely cut off from the outside world, along with Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş, who are under absolute isolation in İmralı Island Prison.
According to Asrın Law Office, from 27 July 2011 to date, only 5 lawyer visits were allowed between May and August 2019. The last of these five meetings was on 7 August 2019. Only 5 family visits have been granted since 2014. The last face-to-face meeting was with Öcalan's brother was on 3 March 2020. Öcalan has only been able to make two phone calls since the first day (on 27 April 2020 and 25 March 2021). The last phone call on 25 March 2021 was interrupted after a very short time and there has been no news from him since that day.
The Kurdish people and their friends continue their protests in Kurdistan and all over the world, demanding immediate access to Öcalan, whom they recognize as their leader.
In Berlin, Dest Dan Women's Assembly and Nav Berlin organised a demonstration in front of the German Foreign Ministry.
Kurds and their friends attended the demonstration, where activists emphasised the violation of international law in İmralı and said: “Concerns about the Kurdish People's Leader and other prisoners in İmralı are growing.”
The slogans ‘Freiheit Für Öcalan’ [Freedom for Öcalan] and ‘Eslebe Öcalan’ [Long Live Öcalan] were chanted throughout the protest.