Former member of the European Parliament and MP for Cyprus, Eleni Theocharous, expressed her support for the international campaign "Freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question". The campaign, which was launched on 10 October in more than a hundred places worldwide, calls for a just and democratic political solution to the Kurdish question and the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, in order to enable the leader, who has been imprisoned for almost 25 years, to participate in a renewed dialogue process. The campaign includes academics, journalists, NGOs, political parties, parliamentarians, activists, philosophers, Nobel laureates, women's organisations and representatives of indigenous peoples from all continents.

Dr. Eleni Theocharous is a Greek-Cypriot paediatric surgeon and politician who leads the political party Solidarity Movement. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2009, re-elected in 2014 and served until 2019. Between 2001 and 2009, Theocharous was a member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus for the Limassol constituency. She is a close friend of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

Eleni Theocharous called for international support for the efforts to ensure the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan who is held in incommunicado detention and has not been heard from for 32 months.

“I admire his spirit, the way he was guiding the fight of his people for freedom, for liberty and self-determination. He deserves a better acceptance from the whole world,” said the former MEP in an interview with ANF.