The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Council issued a written statement today to mark the international 9 October conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

“On 9 October 1998 - said the statement - an international conspiracy against Leader Apo was developed. International forces tried with this conspiracy to break the hope of freedom and to draw the Kurdish people away from peace and freedom”.

Despite the efforts, though, “the conspiracy has not succeeded and in fact because of this the isolation on Kurdish Leader Apo worsened”.

The statement also added: “On 3 August 2014, the ideas and thoughts of Leader Apo freed the Yazidi people from massacre and genocide. The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Council condemned the Turkish state and those who had their hand in the conspiracy. International governments, human rights organisations are remaining silent about this conspiracy. The CPT and international laws should see and act against the isolation imposed on Leader Apo”.

The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Council ended its statement by remarking that “the isolation regime imposed on Leader Apo is actually imposed on the whole society. We call on the Yazidi people to fight against conspiracy and isolation. As Leader Apo has protected us from genocide, we now have the responsibility to protect him”.