For a peaceful democratic solution
News from the Freedom for Öcalan campaign
On 27 February 2025, imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan made a historic call titled “Peace and Democratic Society”, ushering a new process of democratic transformation aimed at resolving the Kurdish …
UK trade unions have a long-standing history of standing in solidarity with oppressed peoples worldwide and advocating for justice. For years, the movement has been actively involved in the Freedom …
Trade unions will re-double efforts to support the Kurdish political movement and all those in Turkey who are calling for peace, democracy, equality and human rights and are opposing the …
A huge thank you to the GMB union and its General Secretary Gary Smith for this action in support of the campaign and calling for the freedom of Öcalan, despite …
Many thanks to the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU), who held a fantastic action calling for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan at the 2022 conference in Stone, Staffordshire. …
The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen trade (ASLEF) union called for the release of Abdullah Öcalan at their 2022 conference held in Bournemouth. The union has been a …
Trade union general secretaries wrote to the UK Turkish ambassador condemning Turkey’s illegal invasion and Northern Iraq and incursions into North and East Syria and rejecting the Turkish states labelling …
At the NEU conference in Bournemouth of the National Teachers Union, the delegates took part in a fantastic solidarity action for the campaign and called for the release of Abdullah …
We are holding a fringe at the TUC on Monday lunchtime (12.30) in the Hilton Hotel Brighton in the Regency room. Below is the flyer and some social media memes, it would …
On the occasion of 8 March 2021, International Women’s Day, the UK trade union Freedom for Öcalan campaign celebrates all women who are fighting for peace, democracy and equality worldwide. We …