SMJÊ members, who took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in its 614th week, said: "We will fight until our Leader regains his physical freedom, because there is no life without the Leader."
The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil has been held in Strasbourg since 25 June 2012, with the aim of ensuring the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and ending isolation. The vigil is in its 614th week.
This week, 5 representatives of the Yazidi Women's Assemblies umbrella organization (Sîwana Meclîsa Jinên Êzidî-SMJÊ) from Germany took over the vigil.
SMJÊ members Nûrê Alkış, Sosin Kartal, Sabriye Sevgat, Caziye Hewran and Zero Al, who took over the vigil, said: "We expect the European states and the CPT to uphold their duties."
The group spokesperson, Nûrê Alkış, said that a historic election was held in Turkey and Kurdistan on Sunday and added: "We salute the will of the Kurdish people on the basis of Rêber Apo's philosophy."
Nûrê Alkış said that they took it as their duty to demand the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in this square and said: "Our leader has been held captive in severe isolation for 25 years. We don't see him as a person. It is a philosophy, an ideology, the will of the free woman, the basis of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi philosophy in which all women of the world see themselves today. As Sîwana Meclîsa Jinên Êzidî, we are here to hold accountable the states that claim to have the principles of democracy and do not live up to their responsibilities. As Yazidi women, we expect European states and the CPT to uphold their responsibilities. We will fight until the end to ensure our leader's physical freedom. Just as the Kurdish people created a philosophy for the people of the world, our duty is to walk on this truth. We say that there is no life without leadership. Jin, Jiyan, Azadi."
