Since 25 June 2012, groups from all over Europe have been taking turns to hold a weekly vigil in front of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in Strasbourg for an end to the isolation and physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. There has been no contact with Abdullah Öcalan and his three fellow prisoners, Hamili Yıldırım, Ömer Hayri Konar and Veysi Aktaş in Imrali Island Prison in the Turkish Sea of Marmara since March 2021.

A group from Liege, Belgium took over the permanent vigil on its 592nd week. The activists stated that the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan is an international plot and targets the entire Kurdish people. They vowed to continue their actions until the freedom of Öcalan is ensured.

The group also commended and expressed their support for the international campaign "Freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question" which was launched with press conferences in over a hundred places all around the world on 10 October. The campaign demands immediate access for the legal team and family members to PKK founder Abdullah Öcalan, who has been held hostage on the Turkish prison island of Imrali since 1999, and finally his release under conditions that allow him to play a role in finding a political solution to the Kurdish question. The campaign brings together academics, journalists, NGOs, political parties, parliamentarians, activists, philosophers, Nobel laureates, women's organisations and representatives of indigenous peoples from all continents.

The group called for strong participation in the campaign and unity of the Kurds to achieve their freedom.