Concerned about the health and safety of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, after the statement made by Asrın Law Office, young people took action in Bern and Luzern.
Demonstrations against the isolation and systematic torture policy implemented against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan were held in Bern and Lucerne organized by Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger (TCŞ) and Jinên Ciwan ên Têkoşer (TekoJIN).
LUCERNE
A rally was held in Lucerne organized by TCŞ (Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger) and TekoJIN (Jinên Ciwan en Tekoşer), after the call of the Democratic Kurdish Community Center (CDK).
Kurds, who came together at Bahnhofplatz, carried posters of Abdullah Öcalan and PKK flags.
CDK co-chair Ercan Güneş made a speech and said: “Our concerns for the health, life and safety of our Leader are increasing. We regard Leader Apo's life as our reason for living, we want his freedom. We will continue to take to the streets until the freedom of our Leader is ensured.”
CDK's other co-chair, Sabiha Yılmaz, said that they had not heard from Abdullah Öcalan for 20 months and added: “After the statement of our Leader's lawyers, we, as Kurdish people, are concerned about his life. From here, we call on the international institutions, especially the CPT, to fulfill their responsibilities as soon as possible.”
BERN
The action, which was carried out within the scope of the 'Werin Cenga Azadiyê' operation and with an 'urgent call' in the Swiss capital Bern, started in front of the central train station.
A banner in Kurdish, Turkish and German said "The freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is the freedom of all humanity".
