The conference in Bilbao aims to show the solidarity of Euskal Herria with the leader of the Kurdish people, Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned for 25 years in the prison island of Imrali, and with the people of Kurdistan in general.
A conference is taking place in Bilbao to discuss the situation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan as well as the solidarity work done in the Basque Country with and for the Kurdish people.
The conference is taking place at the UPV/EHU Paraninfoa-Oteiza Aretoa with the participation of İbrahim Bilmez, one of Öcalan’s lawyers, Pernando Barrena, MEP for EH Bildu, Koldo Saenz from LAB trade union, Kurdistan National Congress representative Adem Uzun as well as representatives of other trade unions and activists from the solidarity Basque groups.
Speaking at the conference, Pernando Barrena, Eh Bildu MEP, underlined the solidarity work carried out by his party for more than 30 years and added that they have brought the Kurdish question to all institutions in which they are. Likewise, he underlined that they have repeatedly exposed the collusion of the European Union with Turkey.
Barrena said: "The EU is using Turkey to do the dirty job with refugees. Turkey receives a lot of money to act as Europe's police to contain refugees."
