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Giant posters of Abdullah Öcalan cover Manchester buildings

A giant poster of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan hung in a 10-storey building in Manchester in the north of England.



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Saturday, 12 Mar 2022, 08:51

A giant poster of Abdullah Öcalan hung in a 10-storey building in Manchester. As part of the "It's Time" campaign launched for the freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and carried out at international level, posters of the Kurdish people's leader were hung on billboards at crossroads, buildings and bus stops in Manchester.

The poster, which was hung on a billboard exceeding 10 meters on the side wall of a building opposite the Manchester Stadium, attracted great attention. The area where the poster was hung was located at the most important junction of the city of Manchester. Many other posters were placed at different locations.

The posters will hang for about a week, and read "How many days of solitary confinement could you survive in a Turkish prison?" The banners read and below they said: "Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan has been held in solitary confinement on a Turkish prison island for over 8,400 days."

British Kurdish People's Assembly co-chair Elif Sarıcan emphasized that the "Time Has Come" campaign is a work based on the freedom of the Kurdish and Middle Eastern peoples, to begin with the freedom of Öcalan. Stating that with the 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan' campaign carried out by the unions in England, they aim at achieving the freedom of the Kurdish people’s leader, Sarıcan said: "While describing Leader Apo's thought, philosophy and life stance across Britain, we draw attention to its universal dimensions. In this sense, the posters prepared in the city of Manchester attracted great attention. We had the chance to meet Öcalan in many parts of the city and to come into contact with his paradigm of freedom."


Banners and posters with the photo of Abdullah Öcalan hung all over London
As part of the 15 February protests of the Kurdish People's Assembly, a total of 60 billboards and more than 200 posters on bus stops were displayed by a UK distribution company.


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