As part of the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, A Political Solution to the Kurdish Quetsion” initiative, thousands of Kurds and their friends held a rally and large march in front of the BBC building in London.

Kurds from Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland, Liverpool, Brighton, Sheffield and Manchester in England set out by bus and private vehicles to take part in the march in front of the BBC building.

London Kurdish People's Assembly co-chair Ishak Milani said that "the captivity of Leader Öcalan is no longer acceptable to the Kurdish people or the peoples of the Middle East.

Milani said: "We have not received any news from Leader Öcalan for 44 months. The campaign initiated by the friends of the Kurdish people has had a great impact all over the world and the Turkish state has been blocked, helpless and had to allow a meeting between Leader Öcalan and Urfa MP Ömer Öcalan. We send thousands of greetings to Leader Öcalan."