The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil was launched on 25 June 2012 in Strasbourg with the aim of ensuring the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and breaking the absolute isolation imposed on him. The vigil continues in its 566th week.

A group of activists from Lucerne took over the vigil.

The group includes Ercan Güneş, Gökhan Babayiğit and Abdurrahim Ilbaş.

Ercan Güneş, speaking on behalf of the group, said that they have been holding the vigil in front of international institutions in Strasbourg to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been in captivity for a quarter of a century. He added that the Kurdish leader "enlightens the entire Middle East with its libertarian ideas. The fascist Turkish state does not want to free him and in fact deepens the isolation regime in which he is kept. He has not been allowed to meet with his lawyers and family for two years. Kurds and Kurdistan are all kept in isolation. The AKP-MHP fascist regime should know that their policies of war, destruction and denial will collapse in the near future. Its economy has already collapsed. On 14 May, the democratic forces will end the AKP-MHP fascist rule."