NEWS CENTER - Actions against the February 15 Conspiracy targeting Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan were also covered by the world press. 

 

The International Conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan on February 15, 1999, was protested by Kurds and their friends around the world. 

 

The world press, which covered the protests, drew attention to the fact that the attacks by HTŞ-DAİŞ and Turkey-backed gangs on Rojava-Northern and Eastern Syria coincided with the anniversary of the International Conspiracy. 

 

Strasbourg rally in the French press

 

France-based Agence France Presse (AFP), MediaPart, and 20 Minutes agencies featured the February 14 protests in Strasbourg against the conspiracy on their front pages. Headlines such as “Thousands of protesters gather in Strasbourg for the release of Kurdish leader Öcalan” drew attention to the Kurds and their allies' demands for Abdullah Öcalan's physical freedom and status for Rojava. 

 

Italian press: Saw protests across Europe

 

The central Italian radio station Radio Onda d'Urto covered protests held in many Italian cities with the slogan “Kurdistan: Free Öcalan, defend Rojava.” The report stated, "Every year, on the weekend closest to February 15 (black day), Kurds gather in squares with supporters of their cause across Europe and around the world. This year, the anniversary of Öcalan's abduction coincides with a historic moment: in northeastern Syria, in Rojava, the revolutionary self-governance experiment based on the democratic confederalism model developed by the Kurdish leader is facing an existential threat due to heavy attacks launched by the Syrian interim government since the first days of January." 

 

Again, Italy-based Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA), while covering the protests in Italy, used the phrase “The problem is the genocidal attack against the Kurds” in its report. 

 

‘Öcalan continues to guide his people’

 

Another Italy-based news agency, Pressenza, headlined the protests with the headline, "Milan takes to the streets again for Rojava and Öcalan." The report stated: "Despite harsh prison conditions, Öcalan continues to guide his people. There is a people who love him and demand his freedom. Whenever things seem to be going well in Turkey, the process stalls; the slow progress of the peace process is becoming exhausting."  

 

The protests in Qamishlo in the British press

 

Reuters Connect, a media platform owned by Reuters, covered the protests in Qamishlo with the headline “Syrian Kurds march in Qamishlo demanding the release of Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Öcalan.”