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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Recognise Abdullah Ocalan as the leader of the Kurdish Freedom Movement and pressurise the Turkish authorities to release him so as to reach a peaceful and political solution to the Kurdish Question in Turkey. More details
Submitted by Hevallo Azad of Kurdish Community Centre – Deadline to sign up by: 19 November 2009 – Signatures: 75
The Kurdish Question remains unsolved and denied by the Turkish authorities despite unofficial international recognition of the Kurdish Freedom Struggle in Turkey as a legitimate struggle of an oppressed people for basic human and political rights.
It is long past the time for an official recognition of the Kurds long and painful struggle for freedom and equality.
Abdullah Ocalan has been calling for a peaceful and political solution to the Kurdish Question in Turkey for many years and his release would open the door for dialogue and settlement.
Hevallo Azad, the Petition Creator, joined by: