Ten deputies of the German Left Party (Die Linke) unfurled a PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) flag in Bundestag, the national parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, and demanded the removal of the ban on PKK imposed for 21 years now.

The Left Party deputies staged the action in solidarity with the MP Nicole Gohlke whose parliamentary immunity was lifted after she raised the PKK flag at a demonstration in solidarity with Kobanê in Munich on October 18th. Nicole Gohlke who also urged the German federal government to end the ban on the PKK in effect since 1993, stressed that "At this time people are fighting for freedom, human rights and democracy under this flag."

Ten other deputies of the party have this time unfurled the PKK flag in Bundestag in protest at the German Federal Parliament lifting Gohlke's immunity. The deputies involved in the protest are Diether Dehm, Karin Binder, Sabine Leidig, Pia Zimmermann, Hubertus Zdebel, Wolfgang Gehrcke, Alexander Ulrich, Andrej Hunko, Kathrin Vogler and Ulla Jelpke.

"We urge the federal government to remove not Nicole Gohlke's immunity but the ban on the PKK”, the deputies said.