Syrian Initiative calls for physical freedom of leader Abdullah Ocalan

Public reactions and statements from national figures are increasing, emphasizing the need to end the isolation imposed on leader Ocalan and to achieve his physical freedom.

In this context, Najah Glo, a member of the Syrian Initiative for the Freedom of leader Abdullah Ocalan, recalled the 27th anniversary of his arrest, stressing that the policy of isolation imposed on him has continued since his detention in 1999.

Struggle Against Policies of “Genocide”

On the “Peace Call” launched by leader Abdullah Ocalan on February 27, 2025, Najah noted that Kurdish forces responded to the call with practical steps, while the Turkish state has not taken any serious steps toward democratic change to this day.

She stressed that leader Ocalan’s struggle has not been limited to defending the Kurdish people, but is an ongoing struggle against what she described as genocidal policies against Kurds and all communities, sects, and ethnic groups.

She recalled her first meeting with leader Ocalan at the Masum Qirqmaz Academy in Lebanon in the 1990s, saying: “The leader has a deeply influential personality that cannot be compared to heads of state. Thousands of us traveled from Derik and Kobani and Aleppo to Lebanon, traveling long and difficult roads just to meet him.”

She pointed to the attachment of Kurdish people—women, men, elders, and children—to his philosophy, saying: “People, especially women in villages and cities, became connected to his thought, learned from him, and struggled based on it. When he was arrested in an international conspiracy and handed over to Turkey, thousands of Kurds across the four parts of Kurdistan rose up and renewed their pledge to him. The relationship between them is like ‘flesh and nail.’”

“Our Pledge to the Leader Continues”

Najah emphasized that the struggle of the people in the Rojava Revolution was based on the leader project calling for peace among all components, religions, and sects. She said: “The conspiracy did not target the leader alone, but all peoples demanding freedom. The Turkish state also carried out a new conspiracy through attacks and displacement of people from Shahba and Sheikh Maqsoud, in an attempt to eliminate the Kurds and their will.”

She concluded by stressing that society cannot be free as long as the leader remains deprived of physical freedom, and that women cannot achieve freedom unless society as a whole is free. She also said the homeland will not be free unless women’s freedom is achieved.

She called on human rights organizations to intervene immediately to ensure his physical freedom, adding that commitment to the leader requires intensifying the struggle and unifying the voices of youth, women, and society under this goal.

ANHA