On 20 June Strathclyde University student association awarded Abdullah Ocalan honorary lifetime membership. To mark the occasion a panel discussion was organised in which PiK patron Stephen Smellie, renowned writer James Kelman, organiser and activist Roza Salih spoke about the relevance of Ocalan in the struggle for self-determination and called for his release. Reimar Heider (International Initiative) was in Glasgow to accept the award on Ocalan’s behalf.

Videos of the discussion are now available to view online -Part 1 is here and the links to the rest are collected below:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN7w0oRD0Ag]

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy0f_J-b9Y8

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wkWLNdreZ8

Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvmsBSr3pYc

Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuPvhoSV6kg

Part 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvmsBSr3pYc