up to date
We have new websites: Please visit www.freeocalan.org and ocalan-books.com
15 February 2013: [press statement] on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of Öcalan’s abduction: "Somersault alaturca – Play it again, Sam!"
September 2012: [announcement] New Campaign, new website! With the launch of the new "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan" signature campaign, we are slowly moving to a new website: freeocalan.org. Please sign the petition at the new website!
27 July 2012: [press statement] One Year of Total Isolation of Ocalan on
Imrali - The arbitrariness of the Islamist AKP government must stop!
03 July 2012: [documentation] Press statement by Asrin Law Office on
the isolation of their client, Abdullah Öcalan
The International Initiative has started a new
campaign: Art for Öcalan! Visit the campaign website or download the appeal (PDF)
15 February 2012: [press statement] Political Solution or Totalitarian Turkey?
06 December 2011: [press statement] "Free the Lawyers - End the Isolation!"
(download as
PDF)
December 2011: [leaflet] Ocalan's situation after
the mass arrest of lawyers
22 November 2011: [press statement] Massive attack on lawyers
22 August 2011: [press statement] Renewed complete isolation is unacceptable
New publication: Abdullah
Ocalan: Democratic Confederalism
The brochure can be downloaded in PDF format and the printed version
ordered from us.
4 April 2011: [document] International
Initiative publishes a summary of Abdullah Ocalan's long awaited Road Map for Democratization of Turkey and Solution of
the Kurdish Question
15 Feburary 2011: [press statement] Öcalan ante portas or The Weapon of
Dialogue
15 February 2011: [leaflet] 12th anniversary of
Ocalan's abduction (download as PDF)
January 2011: [background] International
Initiative Analysis 4 - Evaluation of CPT reports on Imrali Island
Prison (download as
PDF)
4 October 2010: [background] International
Initiative Analysis 3 - Isolation limits dialogue. (download as PDF)
09 March 2010: [article] Abdullah Ocalan in "il
manifesto": The Revolution is Female
15 Feburary 2010: [press statement] Dialogue now! – For a common perspective
of Turks and Kurds!
13 February 2010: [article] Abdullah Ocalan in "il
manifesto": A conspiracy against peace
09 January 2010: [article] Abdullah Ocalan in "il
manifesto": A just peace for the Kurds
07 December 2009: [background] International
Initiative Analysis 2 - Turkey has crossed the Rubicon. Analysis of
Abdullah Ocalan's prison situation as of 17 November 2009. (download as PDF)
03 December 2009: [leaflet] Leaflet about Ocalan's prison
conditions since 17 November (download as PDF)
27 November 2009: [press statement] Ocalan's new cell is a 'death pit' -
Isolation further aggravated
19 November 2009: [press statement] Transfer to new prison - No progress, but
aggravation of the isolation
13 October 2009: [background] International
Initiative Analysis 1 - Human Rights in Turkey 2009: One step forward,
two steps back
15 February 2009: 10th
anniversary of Ocalan's abduction
Press statement: 10
Years Imrali prison, 10 Years of Torture – Ocalan and the "European
Guantanamo"
New
publication – The Ocalan Case: Ten years of isolation, ten years of
torture. A critique of Turkish-European human rights policy.
The brochure can be downloaded in PDF format and the printed version
ordered from us.
New publication: Abdullah
Ocalan: War and Peace in Kurdistan - Perspectives for a political
solution of the Kurdish Question
The brochure can be downloaded in PDF format and the printed version
ordered from us.
November 2008: Updated campaign leaflet: "Freedom
for Abdullah Öcalan"
17 October 2008: Ocalan
tortured in prison and threatened with death - International Initiative
warns against escalation
December 2007
[document] Abdullah Ocalan: Proposals
for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish question in Turkey
As presented to the participants of the "4. International Conference on
EU, Turkey and the Kurds", 3/4 December 2007, EU Parliament, Brussels
November 2007:
October 2007: Leaflet
of the International Initiative:
The
assumed poisoning must be fully investigated, and the CPT report must
be published!
September 2007: Prof. Michael Gunther reviews Ocalan's "Prison
Writings – The Roots of Civilization" in "Middle
East Policy"
May 2007: Stan Newens
in "The Spokesman Journal": Review
of Abdullah Ocalan's "Prison Writings – The Roots of Civilization"
April
2007: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe:
"The state of health of Mr Abdullah Ocalan" - Motion for a
resolution presented by Lord Russel Johnston and others
Ocalan
intoxicated
[document] 8 April 2007: Dr.
Kintz: "In conclusion, I strongly recommend, once again, that an
independent
scientist collect the hair specimen and that an independent (or even 2
or 3)
laboratory do the analyses."
Dr. Kintz' interpretation of analytical
results provided by Turkey
[briefing] 12 March 2007: 3rd press statement by
Ocalan's lawyers: An international delegation must establish the truth
[briefing] 2 March 2007: 2nd press statement by
Ocalan's lawyers: Turkish Justice Minister must act Responsibly and
with Seriousness
[briefing] 1 March 2007: "We shall kill him piecemeal"
- A threat that has come true
[briefing] 1 March 2007: Press statement by
Ocalan's lawyers: Ocalan is intoxicated
Documents
and Expert Opinions
[document]
ChemTox analysis of Ocalan's hair
[document] Dr. Kintz: "The hair
belongs to somebody who is intoxicated with chromium and also with
strontium"
[document]
Prof. Alexander's interpretation of the results
[briefing] 14 February 2007:
Intrigue and
Love: Ocalan, the Kurds and Europe
[campaign]
12 September 2006: 3.243.627
Signatures for Ocalan
Press conference in
the European Parliament, Brussels
Detailed results
Signature List (sample)
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