Emir Yurdakul, member of the DBP (Party of Democratic Regions, formerly BDP) Municipal Council in Malazgirt district of Muş, was firstly sued for opening a stand to collect signatures as part of the campaign for the release of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and political prisoners.

The case file was later referred from Malazgirt Criminal Court of First Instance to Patnos High Criminal Court which sentenced Yurdakul to ten months in prison for allegedly “spreading propaganda for a terrorist organisation”.

Reacting to the decision of court, HDP member Yurdakul stressed that it would provide no solution to the Kurdish question to continue to arrest people for the legal and lawful events and activities they organise and participate in.