Completing her defense in the Kobanê Case, politician Gültan Kışanak called on the authorities to stop instrumentalizing the Kurdish issue and the people of Turkey to stop the bloodshed in the country and said: "Let's gift the peace to Kurdish and Turkish mothers."
Kurd and internationalist youth are preparing for the "Rêwîtiyê Azadî (Freedom Journey)" action to demand the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Salih Miroğlu, father of Miraç Miroğlu, who lost his life as a result of being hit by an armored vehicle, reacted to the acquittal decision given to the defendant police officer with the words: "If I had hit a police officer, I would have been sentenced to life imprisonment."
In the 2023 İmralı report of Asrın Law Firm, it was stated that a total of 169 demands for visit were left unanswered. The report stated that "2023 has been the year of absolute lack of communication" and emphasized that "it is a historical need for 2024 to be the year of freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and the year of solution to the Kurdish issue."
The situation of Rojnews editor Süleyman Ahmet is unknown. Ahmet is reportedly being held in the unofficial detention center of KDP's intelligence agency Parastin.
"No prosecution" decisions were made regarding the criminal complaints filed against the handcuffed examination of journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu, who is imprisoned in Sincan Prison, and the harassment suffered by the prisoner Rihan Kavak Özbek.
MAF-DAD Vice President Mahmut Şakar said that they will hold a march with the participation of hundreds of thousands throughout Europe on the anniversary of the February 15 conspiracy and that they plan to send a delegation to İmralı.
Prisoner Qereyazi Municipality Co-Mayor Melike Göksu, who went on a hunger strike to demand the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, said: "It is obvious that the only solution to the imposed deadlock is Mr. Öcalan and his ideas."
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 52nd day.
Kurd politician Gültan Kışanak, who stated that making a statement about the torture in Diyarbakır Prison was a matter of accusation, said: “I experienced that cruelty and torture in Diyarbakır prison. Those who try to scare me with these cells today must know that Esat Oktay could not scare me."
Continuing her statements on the Kobanê Case, Gültan Kışanak said: "I call out to the Turkish society; if we remain silent today, there will be no ground to talk about tomorrow. If we remain silent about these conspiracy cases, we will not be able to raise our voice against other conspiracies. Now is the time to be brave."
Yılmaz Yakut, one of the distributors of Özgür Gündem newspaper, whom Apê Musa called "My Little Generals", in the 1990s, was commemorated at his grave on the anniversary of his death.
Director Sibel Tekin, who was detained and arrested while filming the documentary " "Life That Begins In The Dark" and then released after a lawsuit was filed against her, will be asked at National Security Organization (MİT) whether she "has a connection with the PKK."
Agos Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink will be commemorated at the place where he was shot on the 17th anniversary of his murder.
The lawyers of Asrın Law Firm applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate to meet with their client Abdullah Öcalan, whom they had not heard from for 34 months.