The Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ) and the Movement of Young Women Militants (TekoJIN) are organizing a multi-day "Journey to Freedom" from Germany to France. The demonstration for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question began in Mannheim on 10 February and will end in Strasbourg on 15 February, the anniversary of the international conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was abducted from Kenya on 15 February 1999 with the cooperation of international secret services. This act of piracy, contrary to international law, had begun with Öcalan's forced departure from Syria on 9 October 1998. The Kurdish community is taking the upcoming anniversary of his abduction as an opportunity to demand the release of the 74-year-old leader and a political solution to the Kurdish question. An internationalist march through Switzerland and a 25-day march in France are taking place alongside the demonstration in Germany.

Participants of the march saluted the ‘Great Freedom March’ in Northern Kurdistan which started from Kars and Van on 1 February and merged in Amed (Diyarbakır) today, demanding the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a democratic solution to the Kurdish question.

The activists also saluted the marches in four parts of Kurdistan and in Europe and vowed to continue their struggle for the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

The activists denounced the 15 February conspiracy and the aggravated isolation regime imposed on Öcalan.

The last stop of the march, which will last about 17 kilometers today, will be Saarbrucken.

The march, which continues enthusiastically despite the cold weather, will be completed with a morale night at the end of the day.

The youths put emphasis on the importance of the Europe-wide demonstration for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan to take place in Cologne on 17 February, representing a culmination of the campaign for a political solution to the Kurdish question. The activists called on all Kurds and friends to join the central demonstration.