The mayor of Champigny from the French Communist Party (PCF), the commune councils and candidates held a demonstration to support the hunger strike campaign and protest the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
The municipality of the French commune of Champigny, from the French Communist Party (PCF), held a demonstration in the center of Champigny and denounced the aggravated isolation of the Kurdish people’s leader, Abdullah Ocalan. At the event, solidarity messages were read in support of Leyla Guven and other hunger strikers in Kurdistan and Europe.
PCF mayor of Champigny, Christian Fautré, head of the municipal council Sergine Lefief, head of PCF branch in Champigny Christian Cahauve, member of the France-Kurdistan Solidarity Community, Şengül Karaca, Kurdish Women’s Movement in France (TJK-E), many French and Kurdish citizens joined in the demonstration.
‘We will stand by the Kurdish people’
“The hunger strike of Leyla Guven and 14 Kurdish activists in Strasbourg is a legitimate resistance because the isolation of Ocalan is against human rights. Along with the hunger strikers, we will always stand by the Kurdish people,” said PCF mayor of Champigny, Christian Fautré.
Member of Champigny municipal council and member of the France-Kurdistan Solidarity Community, Şengül Karaca, spoke on behalf of the community and stated that they must raise awareness about the hunger strikers.
‘Not despair, hunger strike requires great determination’
Spokeswoman for the TJK-E, Berivan Firat thanked the municipality of Champigny for their support for the Kurdish people, and said: “After she was released from prison, Leyla Guven continues her hunger strike in a broader manner. With her release, the Turkish state planned to stop the solidarity with Leyla Guven; yet she is determined to continue the hunger strike.”
Firat noted that the isolation of Ocalan was a crime against humanity, “14 people continue their hunger strike in Strasbourg. One of the hunger strikers, KCDK-E Co-chair Yüksel Koç is in a critical situation; he was transferred to hospital yet refused any treatment. The hunger strikes led by the Kurdish people are not out of despair, on the contrary, hunger strike requires a great deal of determination. We condemn the silence of the CPT, the European Court of Human Rights and European organizations on the isolation of Ocalan,” Firat added.
