A big Labour festival in Britain will be dedicated to the campaign of freedom launched by Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

Activities are continuing within the framework of the Freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan Campaign, launched by British unions with millions of members.

The initiative, which gained a new dimension with the Durham Miners Festival dedicated to the Freedom for Öcalan Campaign, will move to a new stage this year with the support of the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Southern England in July.

Messages demanding freedom for Öcalan will be given

Every year thousands of political activists, trade unionists and members of the Labour Party joined the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in the town of Tolpuddle, Dorset, on 19, 20 and 21 July.

Hundreds of Kurds are expected to attend the festival

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn as well as the party's prominent names will also joined the festival, and members of the Freedom for Öcalan Freedom Campaign will be making speeches and will participate to various activities. 

Ercan Akbal and Besime Başar, co-chairs of the British Kurdish People's Assembly, said in a statement on the preparations for the festival: “We find it important to see the progress of the Freedom for Öcalan Campaign carried out by the trade unions, at a time when thousands of Kurdish activists and prisoners are on hunger strike precisely demanding the end of isolation against Öcalan.

We will continue our struggle against fascism with internationalist solidarity."

Doskley: We are honoured to do our part

Speaking on behalf of Tolpuddle Festival Committee, Trade Union Congress (TUC) South West Region Secretary General Nigel Doskley said: “It is a honour for us to include the Freedom for Öcalan Campaign in the festival.”