Sit-in protest against the isolation of Öcalan at the UN office in Brussels
A sit-in protest was staged at the United Nations (UN) office in Brussels to draw attention to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
A sit-in protest was staged at the United Nations (UN) office in Brussels to draw attention to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
While no news has been received from Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan for 41 months, protests by Kurds and their friends continue in many countries to condemn the silence of international organisations and to remind them of their responsibilities.
On Wednesday, activists organized a civil disobedience action at the UN Regional Information Centre for Western Europe in Brussels, Belgium.
The officials here were informed about the situation in İmralı and asked to take action.
The police took extensive measures around the building. The protest ended after the meeting.
Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş, who are kept under severe isolation conditions in Imralı F Type High Security Prison, have not been heard from for 41 months.
The right to meet with the families of Abdullah Öcalan and fellow prisoners in Imralı is being denied by the authorities, citing "disciplinary penalties". The reasons and file numbers of these disciplinary penalties are not shared with their lawyers despite all applications and objections.
According to Asrın Law Office, "From 27 July 2011 to date, only 5 lawyer visits were allowed between May and August 2019. The last of these five meetings was on 7 August 2019. Only 5 family visits have been granted since 2014. The last face-to-face meeting was with Öcalan's brother was on 3 March 2020. Öcalan has only been able to make two phone calls since the first day (on 27 April 2020 and 25 March 2021). The last phone call on 25 March 2021 was interrupted after a very short time and there has been no news from him since that day."