The vigil launched by the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Initiative on 25 June 2012 in Strasbourg with the aim of ensuring the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and ending the isolation imposed on him, continues.

A new group of activists made up of Ahmet Kaya, Ozan Batga, Şoreş Bozkurt and Şiyar Ateş, who came from Amsterdam, took over the vigil in its 595th week.

Group spokesperson Ahmet Kaya said that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan has been in isolation for 25 years and that no news has been received for the last three years, and emphasized that the struggle will continue until he is liberated.

Ahmet Kaya said: "We call on our people living in the four parts of Kurdistan and the people of Europe to support our leadership. The security, health and freedom of our leadership are very important for our people."