The group, which continued its uninterrupted Freedom Action in Strasbourg in its new week, called for people to embrace the campaign launched on 10 October, saying "Isolation is a policy of torturing the Kurdish people and surrendering their will."

The action launched in Strasbourg on 25 June 2012, to demand the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and breaking the absolute isolation imposed on him, has entered its 593rd week.

The action carried out by the Kurdish people and their friends at the point where European institutions meet, continues 7 days a week, from 7.30am to 4.30pm.

The protest was taken over by the Swiss Kurdish Women's Union (YJK-S) and Arjîn Garzan Commune activists this week. The new group, consisting of Halise Tüzer, Naile Gümüştaş, Saadet Doymaz and Fehime Öztürk, will carry out the vigil until 5 November.

'Isolation is a policy against the Kurdish people'

Zülfü Bingöl, who is responsible for the coordination of the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, drew attention to the importance of the campaign launched on 10 October in many countries of the world with the slogan "Freedom for Öcalan, Solution to the Kurdish Question" and said: "Isolation is torture against the Kurdish people. It is a policy aimed at pushing the Kurds into submission. We need to expand the international campaign against isolation and put an end to this torture."

Bingöl added: “We will not end this action until our Leader is liberated. It is certain that we will get results by expanding the campaign."

'Our answer is resistance'

Naile Gümüştaş, one of the activists, said: "The Committee for Prevention of Torture (CPT) has not fulfilled its duties. The Turkish government tried to take hostage the will of women who have been demanding peace and freedom for 25 years. We will thwart this dirty conspiracy with the will of women. We will not be happy with just getting news from our Leader. We want the freedom of our Leader. This success is the success of the Kurdish people."

Gümüştaş said: "Against the architects of absolute isolation, we say that we will respond to you with absolute resistance."

'Leadership and the people are a whole'

Halise Tüzer said that "the Leader and the people are a whole. The action we continue in front of the CPT is also an action carried out in the name of humanity." She pointed out that the end of the wars will be possible with the paradigm of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, and added: "We will continue to fight to liberate our leader. We women owe it to the Leader. Because the freedom of women depends on the freedom of the Leader."