Demonstrations for the freedom of Öcalan in Germany and Austria

The activities and demonstrations in Europe against the aggravated isolation imposed on the Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan continue.

The activities and demonstrations in Europe against the aggravated isolation imposed on the Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan continue. In the demonstrations in Germany and Austria the message has been conveyed that as long as Öcalan is kept in prison the Kurds will go on with their activities.

GRAZ

In Graz city of Austria people from Kurdistan have pitched information tents to draw attention to the isolation Kurdish People's leader Abdullah Ocalan is kept in. The activity has been organized by the Democratic Kurdish Society Center in Graz. The campaign "Freedom for Öcalan" will carry on for the next few days.

TROISDORF

Also in Troisdorf city of Germany information tents have been set up for the same purpose. During the activity, which took place at the Kolner Platz, a delegation has been formed which paid a visit to the party offices of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Green Party (Die Grüne). The representatives of the mentioned parties promised to submit the file given to them by the delegation to their respective party's central office.

It is expected that additional information tents will be pitched within the next week in the cities of Troisdorf, Bonn, Meckenheim, Euskirchen and Koblenz to put the aggravated isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan on the agenda.

HILDESHEIM

People from Kurdistan and their German friends living in Salzgitter have set up information desks at the marketplace in the city of Hildesheim to call attention to the isolation the Kurdish leader is kept in. The activity has been taken over on its last day by young women.

Yavuz Deniz, member of the Democratic Kurdish Society Center, gave some information in regard to their activity and stated: "The Turkish state has turned the Imrali island to a torture centre. We Kurds will never accept that. Until the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan we will continue our protests."

MUNICH

The activity "Freedom for Öcalan" organized by the Democratic Kurdish Society Center in the city of Munich has entered its fifth day.

People from Kurdistan have put up information stands to bring the aggravated isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan to the public's attention, where they also collected signatures and distributed fliers and leaflets.

The activity will end on Saturday, the 24th of July at the Schutzenstrasse with a demonstration. The demonstrators called upon all the people from Kurdistan and their friends to join the meeting on Saturday.