15 February marks the anniversary of the international conspiracy that led to the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s abduction to Turkey in 1999. Since then, Öcalan has been held as a political hostage on the prison island of Imrali, most of the time under conditions of total isolation. Kurds and their friends are going into action all around the world to demand the lifting of Abdullah Öcalan's incommunicado detention and the resumption of peace negotiations and conditions for the Kurdish leader in which he can live and work freely in order to contribute to the solution of the Kurdish question. 

The Union of Young Women in Shengal and the Yazidi Youth Union have started a long march on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the 15 February international conspiracy.

The march led by young people kicked off in Sinune under the motto “Youth are the devotees of Leader Öcalan.”

The young activists are expected to cover 10 km till the “Leader’s Garden” in Kers Valley where they will make a statement to the press.