The UK-based Freedom for Öcalan Trade Union Campaign issued an invitation to
an emergency press briefing concerning the Kurdish political leader Abdullah Öcalan.

The press conference will take place on 26 July at 11am at Place Luxembourg (European Parliament).

The moderator will be Sarah Glyyn, Author, and Representative for Permanent Vigil for Öcalan.

The speakers confirmed so far are as follows:
Simon Dubbins, Director of International - Unite the Union (UNITE), UK
Baroness Christine Blower, UK
Antonio Amoroso, CUB Peoples Union, Italy
Michela Arricale, lawyer CRED-Research & Processing Center for Democracy Italy  Amedeo Ciaccheri, President of the municipality VIII. in Rome-Italy
Saverio Nonno, mayor of Fossalto, Italy
Laura De Bonfils, ARCI, Italy
Luigi De Magistris, the former mayor of Naples, video-message
Txente Rekondo, LAB Representative, Basque Country 
Daniel Kopp, Member of the Secretariat of PI, Belgium
Roza Salih, Glasgow Councilor, Scotland
Mike Arnott.  President of the Scottish Trade Union Congress (TUC), UK