Strasbourg vigil for Öcalan’s freedom on its 584th week

Three patriots took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on its 584th week.

The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil was launched on 25 June 2012 in Strasbourg, to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and an end to the isolation imposed on him in Imrali.

The vigil continues in its 584th week and has been taken over by three patriots from a humanitarian relief organization in France.

 Speaking on behalf of the group, Süleyman Kule noted that Öcalan had not been heard from for 29 months. Concerns over the situation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan increased after the Executive Council Member of the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK), Sabri Ok said in an interview on the Kurdish TV Channel Sterk TV on July 8 that threatening letters had recently been sent to Abdullah Öcalan anonymously via the Imrali prison administration.

Kule criticized the silence of the CPT (Committee for the Prevention of Torture), the European Parliament and other European institutions and called for international action to stop the unlawful treatment of the Kurdish leader.

The activist vowed to keep the freedom vigil going until Öcalan is freed.