Tamil organisations held a press conference at Channai Press Club in Chennai, capital of the Tamil Nadu state in India, expressing their support for the international campaign "Freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question".

The campaign, which was launched simultaneously in over a hundred places all around the world on 10 October, unites social movements, political parties, municipalities, trade unions, activists, intellectuals and millions of Kurds and people in solidarity with the Kurdish liberation struggle worldwide around a common goal: the participation of Abdullah Öcalan in a dialogue for a just and democratic political solution to the Kurdistan question in Turkey, which has remained unresolved for more than a century.

11 representatives from Tamil organisations spoke at the press conference and demanded an end to the isolation of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, and his freedom so that he can play his key role in the achievement of a democratic political solution to the Kurdish question.

The press statement was endorsed by the following organisations gathered under the roof of “Kurdish Liberation Support Association”: Tamil National Anthem, Tamil National Liberation Movement, People's Democratic Republic Party,  Tamil Desa People's Party,  Transnational Tamil Eelam Government,  Tamil Nadu People's Front, People's Civil Rights League,  People's Democratic Youth League,  Tamildesa People's Front, Center for Protection of People's Rights, Tamil Front.

The speakers at the press conference included:

     • P. Maniarasan (Tamil National Anthem)

     • Thiago (Tamil National Liberation Movement)

     • Duraisingavel (People's Democratic Republic Party)

     • Tamilneyan (Tamil Desa People's Party)

     • Professor Saraswati (Transnational Tamil Eelam Government)

     • Bozhilan (Tamil Nadu People's Front)

     • Lawyer Suresh (People's Civil Rights League)

     • Lawyer Salemurugan (People's Democratic Youth League)

     • Satish (Tamildesa People's Front)

     • Jimraj Milton (Center for Protection of People's Rights)

     • Jayaprakash Narayanan (Tamil Front)