Kurds in Europe continue the mass sit-in demonstration in front of the Council of Europe (CoE) to have the demands of the hunger strikers’ demand to end the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan accepted.

The sit-in in front of the The CoE headquarters in Strasbourg, France started yesterday with some 100 people. Over 150 people from Germany and other European countries attended the sit-in today and the number is expected to rise to 200 later in the day.

PROTESTING THE SILENCE AGAINST THE ISOLATION

The Kurdish activists including representatives from various Kurdish institutions gathered in front of the CoE headquarters in the morning and formed a human chain on the Avenue de l’Europe to begin the protest.

Protesters chanted “Peaceful solution in Kurdistan”, “Freedom for Ocalan”, “Terrorist Erdogan”, “Biji Serok Apo”, “Dictator Erdogan”, “Murderer Erdogan”, “Salute salute Imrali”, “Long live the prison resistance” and other slogans in French and Kurdish.

The crowd then went to the area where the Freedom for Ocalan Vigil is held.

INFORMING THE PUBLIC

The activists also continue to inform the public about the sit-in. Hundreds of flyers were passed out as there is dense foot traffic in front of the CoE due to the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities sessions in progress.

Passersby also engage in conversations with the activists and are informed about the isolation and the indefinite non-alternating hunger strikes protesting the isolation.

MANY ACTIVITIES PLANNED THROUGHOUT THE DAY

Meanwhile, the Preparation Committee announced several activities planned throughout the day. The activists will be holding an open air forum to discuss the Rojava Revolution and the future of Northern Syria.

The activists will also celebrate the victory in Baghouz where ISIS was defeated.

Artists from the TEV-CAND will also accompany the crowd in front of the CoE.

The participation to the sit-in will increase every day.