Long march in Berlin continues despite police provocation

A long march is taking place in the German capital, Berlin to protest the international conspiracy against Abdullah Ocalan. This year, despite pressure from German police, the march has successfully completed the first day.

Each year three-day marches take place in many cities around the world to condemn the international conspiracy against Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan on 15 February 1999.

Yesterday in Berlin, Germany, a long march concluded on the first day despite obstacles created by the German police.

Kurdish activists and their friends started to march from Gedächtnis Church towards Kreuzberg through Schöneberg.

The protesters held speeches to draw attention to the aggravated isolation of Abdullah Ocalan, and to support the hunger strike campaign led by Leyla Guven.

German police intervened all along the march as they tried to interrupt the speeches and seize the informative flyers in German language. In spite of the attempts by the German police, Kurdish demonstrators continued their march.

At the end of day one, four Kurdish demonstrators, including the co-chair of NAV-DEM in Berlin, Yeko Ardil, and administrator of the People’s Council Ismail Parmaksiz, were detained by German police. The detainees were freed later at night.

German police seized the cellphone of Yeko Ardil who was trying to record the march.

The Initiative to Support the Hunger Strikes in Berlin issued a statement and condemned the approach of the German police towards Kurdish demonstrators.

The second stage of the march kicked off at 11:00 this morning from the U Bahn (U-6) Alt Tegel.