UN and other international organisations accused of complicity in jailing of PKK leader
INTERNATIONAL organisations including the UN were accused of complicity in the “conspiracy” that led to the detention and jailing of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan 21 years ago today. Turkey’s opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP for Agri, Abdulla Koc, made the remarks in a panel discussion in the city on the issue of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) founder’s continued detention and isolation. He branded the treatment of Mr Ocalan — who has been held in solitary confinement on Imrali island since 1999 — a “crime against humanity” and a breach of the Turkish constitution. Mr Koc hit out at international bodies including the UN and the International Court of Human Rights for their silence on the conditions Mr Ocalan is being held under. This, he said, “makes it clear that the February 15 conspiracy is international.” The operation that led to Mr Ocalan’s arrest reads like a spy thriller, seeing him travel to a number of countries seeking sanctuary a