The global campaign demands that Abdullah Öcalan be allowed to meet with his lawyers and family and, ultimately, freed under conditions that allow him to play a role in finding a just and democratic political solution to the decades-old Kurdish question.
People of Kobanê expressed their support for the international campaign launched on 10 October demanding “Freedom of Abdullah 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.
Hundreds of residents of the canton gathered at the Şehit Egîd Square in the city centre displaying the photos of Abdullah Öcalan and chanting “Bê Serok Jiyan Nabe” (No Life Without the Leader).
Addressing the crowd, Sara Xelîl, Member of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Women’s Council in the Euphrates Region, stated that the will of people in North and East Syria is based on the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan. She pointed out that the resistance of the Kurdish leader frustrated all the dirty policies pursued by foreign actors.
Speaking after, the Co-Chair of the Girê Spî Canton, Hemîd El Ebd, said: “We should enhance the struggle and resistance to make sure that Leader Abdullah Öcalan attains his rights.”
