The families of martyrs who took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe called for European institutions to play their role the isolation imposed on the Kurdish people’s leader.
The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe has been going on since 25 June 2012 and has reached week 422.
Every week, a new group of activists take over the Vigil.
Family of Martyrs take over the Vigil
This week the Martyrs’ Families Association (KOMAW) took over the Vigil from the representatives of the Yazidi associations. The group this week includes Lokman Arslan, Vebiya Oltan, Yıldız Arslan and Selim Oltan.
Speaking on behalf of KOMAW members, Lokman Oltan said that every year they joined the action organized for the freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan. "The representative of our martyrs is president Öcalan," said Oltan.
Drawing attention to the severe isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, Oltan said that the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) did not fulfil its duty as the responsible institution for violations in prisons.
Oltan said: “It is our call to the CPT and all other authorized institutions to stop burying their heads in the sand and stand up to the values they claim to be defending and representing. They should play their role. The Kurdish people are suffering every day.”
The KOMAW member activist, who said that it is vital for the Kurdish people to play their own role, underlined that the Kurdish people will obtain the freedom of Öcalan.
Lokman Oltan said: “President Öcalan is the best representative of our martyrs. We must continue the struggle without taking a single step back from the commitment and promise we made to the Martyrs and our Leader. His freedom is the freedom of all the people of Kurdistan and the Middle East.”
