Kurds in Yershov join "Time to Ensure Freedom" initiative

Kurds living in Yershov district of Saratov in Russia protested the isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.

Gathering in front of Yershov Kurdish Cultural Center, Kurds announced their participation in the "End Isolation, Fascism, Occupations; Time to Ensure Freedom" initiative launched by the KCK on12 September.

Mirza Eli Yusubov, member of the Yershov district Kurdish People's Assembly, rejected the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and added: "The attacks carried out by the fascist Turkish state on all four parts of Kurdistan are part of the policies of genocide against the Kurdish people."

Yusubov said that as Kurds living in Russia, they will not remain silent against these massacres.

Gulizar Yusupova, another member of the Assembly, underlined that they will not remain silent in the face of the invasion attacks and isolation, and added: "This is the time of struggle for loyalty and freedom of the leadership."

Sultan Baki, a member of the Cultural Committee, wanted the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan to end as soon as possible and added that Kurds should join the KCK’s initiative wherever they live.