A group of activists from Düsseldorf took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil, which has been held in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, since 2012.
The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil, which started in Strasbourg, on 25 June 2012, with the aim of ensuring the physical freedom of the Kurdish People's Leader and ending the Imralı torture system, continues in its 623rd week.
This week, a group of activists from Düsseldorf Democratic Society Center took over the protest, which is carried out every week by Kurds and their friends, exposing the crime against humanity committed by the Turkish state against Kurds in the person of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
This week’s group includes Hüseyin Aydın, Senar Kutlu, Mazlum Amed and Cemal Xelil.
The activists said: "This is not just an action; it is also a court. For 12 years, Kurds living in Europe have been prosecuting the Turkish state for the crime it committed against our Leader and our people, and the European institutions that are complicit in this crime."
The action, which continues at the common point where European institutions meet, also calls on the institutions to fulfil their duties and comply with international law to end the Imralı torture system.
