Protest against the isolation of Öcalan in Gire Spi
The Kurdish people continue their actions to prompt urgent action for Abdullah Öcalan, who is held in incommunicado detention in Turkey and has not been heard from for 29 months.
The Democratic Union Party (PYD) Youth organized a march in the northern Syrian canton of Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) in protest at the isolation of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Hundreds of people attended the march, after which Girê Spî PYD Youth Organization Co-Chair Sebrî Nebo addressed the crowd and denounced the aggravated isolation imposed on the Kurdish leader. Nebo called for an enhanced struggle for the freedom of Öcalan, who has been held in incommunicado detention and has not been heard from for 29 months.
Condemning the international silence on the isolation of Öcalan, Nebo called on international powers to uphold their duties and responsibilities regarding Öcalan.
Concerns over the situation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan increased after the Executive Council Member of the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK), Sabri Ok, said in an interview on the Kurdish TV Channel Sterk TV on July 8 that threatening letters had recently been sent to Abdullah Öcalan anonymously via the Imrali prison administration.
Lawyers are requesting to meet with Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan twice a week. However, applications for visits are systematically left unanswered. In some cases, months later, lawyers are informed that disciplinary action has been taken against the Kurdish people's leader and therefore no visit can be granted.
In a statement on May 2, 2023, Asrın Law Office said: “We have not heard anything from Öcalan since 25 March 2021. Despite all the requests and efforts of his lawyers and his relatives, we are not aware of the living conditions and state of health of Öcalan and our three other clients on Imrali. This situation worries us and the whole society.”
On the other hand, residents of the Ain Issa district made a statement in front of the Council of Martyrs’ Families.
Reading the press statement, Nûra El Ehmed, an executive member of the Council, condemned the inaction and silence of the CPT and all other concerned international organizations regarding the violations of the rights of Öcalan and his three fellow prisoners on the prison island of Imrali in Turkey. The group called for further struggle for the freedom of the Kurdish leader.
