PKK supporters have taken to the streets and held violent demonstrations protesting the conditions PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan faces at İmralı Prison.
Anatolia reported that after the terrorist organization invaded the central office of the European Committee for Prevention of Torture (CPT) in Strasbourg last week, Amnesty International’s London office, a BBC office, the office of the European Parliament representative in Marseilles and a Swiss Television (SF) building in Zurich were the new targets for the PKK militants this week.
PKK supporters formed picket lines in front of the buildings, preventing employees from entering and leaving. They also displayed flags and posters of Öcalan and chanted slogans against the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Iran, Syria and Turkey.
Members of the PKK, which has been declared a terrorist organization by both the US and the EU, recently carried out several illegal and violent demonstrations in Turkish cities, including throwing Molotov cocktails. The İstanbul Police Department detained
Twenty-five PKK members have been taken into custody and have been charged with membership in a terrorist organization, disseminating propaganda for an illegal organization and damaging public property.
PKK militants clashed with police in cities in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland after they closed thoroughfares and held illegal demonstrations. Eighty-five PKK members were detained as a result. In the aftermath of the demonstrations, anti-terrorist teams in the UK and Germany have tightened security to prevent further PKK demonstrations and have been preparing countermeasures against the organization.
