Thousands of people in Rojava, West Kurdistan, carried out a demonstration against the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and demanded that he be allowed to meet with his family and lawyers.

Thousands from Hesekê, Til Temir, Zergan, Serêkaniyê and Dirbêsiyê gathered in front of the YCR Center in Dirbêsiyê. The protesters carried posters of Öcalan and freedom fighters, and marched to the Dirbêsiyê Border Gate.

TEV-DEM member Xelîl Osman and Kongreya Star member Bedîe Erebo addressed the protestors here, and emphasized that Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom meant the freedom of the Middle East. The speakers underlined the importance of Öcalan’s access to his family and his lawyers, and the protest ended with slogans at the border.