PYD women members: struggle continues for leader’s physical freedom

Members of the Women’s Council of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the city of Jil Agha in al-Jazira Canton denounced the continuation of the isolation imposed on leader Abdullah Ocalan by the Turkish state authorities, considering this isolation a real obstacle to any discussion of peace and democratic solutions in the region.

In this context, Nesrin Abdulaziz Hamdo condemned the ongoing isolation imposed on leader Abdullah Ocalan, noting that the aim of these practices is to marginalize his intellectual and political role in consolidating the values of democracy and peace, and in resolving outstanding regional issues through dialogue and peaceful means.

She affirmed that any talk of peace remains incomplete as long as his isolation continues, describing his thought as a source of inspiration for the struggles of peoples, particularly the struggle of women for freedom and equality. She emphasized that he has played a major role in the development of women’s movements and organizations in the region.

Nesrin stressed that women’s struggle will continue until the physical freedom of leader Abdullah Ocalan is achieved, affirming that his freedom is an inseparable part of the freedom of peoples and women, and constitutes a foundation for building a just democratic society based on equality and communal life.

For her part, Amal Yassin Hussein denounced the isolation imposed on the leader, explaining that this isolation does not target his person alone, but represents a direct attack on the peace and democracy project in the region.

She confirmed that his ideas formed the basis for women’s struggle for liberation and for building an ethical and political society, and that the continuation of his isolation reflects the intention of dominant systems to deepen crises and prevent any real opportunity for dialogue and peaceful solutions to the issues of the peoples of the Middle East.

She added that the physical freedom of leader Abdullah Ocalan is a fundamental demand, especially for women, given their belief in his role in achieving justice and the freedom of peoples.

She pointed out that what he is subjected to under isolation constitutes a legal and humanitarian crime, as depriving him of his basic rights contradicts international conventions that guarantee the rights of political prisoners. She noted that international silence regarding these violations encourages the Turkish state to continue imposing isolation.

Amal Yassin Hussein called on human rights organizations and civil society, particularly women’s human rights organizations, to play their role seriously and impartially, and to assume their responsibilities to immediately lift the isolation imposed on leader Abdullah Ocalan.

In turn, Safa Nouri Jaabo affirmed that the struggle of women, especially Arab women, is closely linked to the leader’s thought, which restored women’s pioneering role in society. She added that the members of the Women’s Council of the Democratic Union Party consider themselves indebted to him, and will continue their political and social struggle until the isolation imposed on him is ended and his physical freedom is achieved.

Safa Nouri Jaabo demanded the immediate lifting of the isolation, in a manner that ensures leader Abdullah Ocalan’s access to his legal and humanitarian rights, foremost among them his physical freedom. She called on international institutions and human rights organizations to assume their legal and moral responsibilities and to take urgent action to put an end to these violations.

ANHA