In northeastern Syria, thousands of people took to the streets today for the international day of action #RiseUpAgainstIsolation, to emphasize the demand for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and the lifting of the isolation on the Turkish prison island Imrali.  October 9th was the anniversary of the beginning of the international conspiracy against the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who 22 years ago had to leave Syria due to international pressure by Turkey and NATO and who set out on an odyssey across Europe for a peace process, which finally led to his internationally coordinated deportation from the Greek embassy in Nairobi to Turkey. On the occasion of the beginning of the "international conspiracy" against the PKK founder, Kurdish organizations had called for the decentralized day of action, which is also directed against the occupation attacks of Turkey in Rojava.

Qamishlo

In addition to numerous residents of the city, representatives of the autonomous authorities also took part in a demonstration in Qamishlo. The march started at the central junction Munir Habib and led loudly under a yellow sea of flags with the portrait of Abdullah Öcalan to the seat of the UN representation. At a final rally, speeches sharply condemned international ignorance of the isolation and torture system at Imrali. In addition, international human rights organizations have been criticized for their inaction with regard to the dramatic situation of hundreds of thousands of displaced persons who, as a result of the Turkish invasion, are still forced to stay in emergency shelters and tents. In addition to the United Nations, the international public has also been called upon to raise its voice against the Turkish state's occupation policy and war crimes against the civilian population.

 

Dêrik

In Dêrik, hundreds of people, including residents of Koçerat and Berava, towns gathered for a demonstration in the central Azadî Square. The resistance of Abdullah Öcalan on Imrali was greeted in slogans.

Tirbêspiyê

In Tirbêspiyê there was also a demonstration against the international conspiracy against Öcalan. Activist Fehime Temo from the Executive Council of Kongreya Star, the umbrella organization of the women's movement in northern and eastern Syria, pointed out in an address that the continued silence of the international public in the face of the Turkish invasion paves the way for further massacres of the civilian population.

 

Amûdê

A demonstration in Amûdê led from Free Woman's Square to the headquarters of the Revolutionary Youth Movement of northeastern Syria. PYD politician Minewer Xalid called on the peoples of the Middle East to work for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.

 

Girkê Legê

Mihemed Cemil, co-chair of the Executive Council of the self-governing city, participated in a march through Girkê Legê. Cemil explained that it was Abdullah Öcalan who provided the theoretical blueprint for the revolution in Rojava;, adding; "It is only thanks to his ideas that we, the various ethnic and religious components of the society of Northern and Eastern Syria, are today able to live a democratic life as a nation of common culture.”

Rîhan Temo of Kongreya Star remarked that the achievements of the Rojava Revolution were based on the philosophy of Öcalan.

 

Further actions took place in Dirbêsiyê, Zirgan, Til Hemis, Til Berak, Til Koçer, Çilaxa, Hesekê, Raqqa, Şeddadê and Til Temir.