INTERNATIONAL PEACE DELEGATION TO İMRALI
Organised by INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE – PEACE IN KURDISTAN – FREEDOM FOR OCALAN and PEACE IN KURDISTAN
Statement, 16 February 2022
For information contact:
Ögmundur Jónasson [email protected]
International Initiative – Peace in Kurdistan – Freedom for Ocalan
Melanie Gingell [email protected]
Peace in Kurdistan
Doug Nicholls: [email protected]
Trade Union Group
RE: RISING INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE FOR THE RELEASE OF KURDISH LEADER ABDULLAH ÖCALAN
February 15th 2022 marks 23 years since the abduction and imprisonment of Kurdish political leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Every year since his incarceration a peace delegation has visited Turkey to demand access to Öcalan on his island prison Imrali. This year the biggest international peace delegation to date, organized by the International initiative, Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Peace in Kurdistan, British trade unions and Peace in Kurdistan, has just completed a two day virtual fact-finding mission in Turkey assessing the ongoing 23 year aggravated solitary confinement of Abdullah Öcalan, recognized leader of the Kurdish people. Continue reading “INTERNATIONAL PEACE DELEGATION TO İMRALI” →