Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Urfa MP Omer Ocalan appealed to the Justice Ministry to meet with the isolated Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.

“THE PROCESS IS AT CRITICAL CONDITION”

Omer Ocalan stated the following in his appeal:

“My uncle Mr. Abdullah Ocalan, who is currently held in the Imrali High Security Prison Type F, hasn’t been allowed to meet with his lawyers since July 27, 2011 and with his family since September 11, 2016.

Since July 21, 2016, the Bursa Executive Court No.1 has cited the State of Emergency declared in the country to completely cut off all exercise of his fundamental rights.

Any and all means of communication including letters, fax messages or telephone calls have been banned indefinitely and without exception. This goes against fundamental principles of law, the equality principle, the ban against discrimination and fundamental prisoner’s rights issues like the right to a lawyer and legal aid.

Hunger strikes have been started in prisons demanding communication channels be opened with Mr. Ocalan, and this process has reached a critical stage. For all these reasons, as his family members, we demand and request that channels of communication with Abdullah Ocalan be opened as soon as possible.”