Terwijl de dag van de Internationale Samenzwering van 15 februari nadert, zet het initiatief “Vrijheid voor Abdullah Öcalan, politieke oplossing voor de Koerdische kwestie” zijn activiteiten voort. 115 personen, bestaande uit academici, schrijvers, kunstenaars en advocaten die in Duitsland wonen, schreven een brief aan de voorzitter van het Comité van Ministers van de Raad van Europa (ECEC), Xavier Bettel.
Bettel werd herinnerd aan het EVRM en de besluiten van het Comité van Ministers met betrekking tot de uitvoering van het recht op hoop. In de open brief wordt benadrukt dat de fysieke vrijheid van Öcalan moet worden gewaarborgd zodat hij een sleutelrol kan spelen in de zoektocht naar een oplossing voor de Koerdische kwestie. De brief drong er bij Bettel op aan om “concrete juridische, diplomatieke en politieke stappen te ondernemen voor de vrijlating van de heer Öcalan, aangezien dit nu de plicht is van het Comité van Ministers.”
De volgende mensen ondertekenden de brief:
1. Spokesperson of the Eelam Tamil People’s Council in Germany Agilan Waradarajah
2.April Prof. Dr. Alex Demirovic, political scientist
3. Alexander Glasner-Hummel, author, co-spokesperson of the Human Rights Council of the Kurdish Center in Germany
4. Andreas Buderus, mediator, freelance writer, IWW, ver.di, RHD
5. Andrej Hunko, Member of the German Bundestag, Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), Chair of the UEL Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
6. Anja Flach, ethnologist, author
7. Anna Magdalena Busl, lawyer and criminal defense attorney
8. Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai, political scientist, University of Kassel
9. Dr. Benjamin Schuetze, political scientist, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI)
10. Bernd Hahnfeld, retired judge
11. Bernhard Trautvetter, peace activist, Association of Victims of the Nazi Regime
12. Cansu Özdemir, co-chair of the Left in the Hamburg Bundestag
13. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Barskanmaz, Prof. of Law and Social Work at the Fulda Univ.
14. Christa Blum, doctor
15. Prof. Dr. Christine Graebsch, Prof. at Dortmund University
16. Christoph Habermann, former state secretary
17. Christoph Klug, Dipl.-Psychologist
18. Clara Bünger, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Legal Affairs Commission
19. Dr. Daniel Loick, Associate Professor of Political and Social Philosophy, University of Amsterdam
20. Dr. Dario Azzellini, political scientist and sociologist, Cornell University
21. Dr. Dastan Jasim, political scientist
22. Dersim Dağdeviren, EUTCC Board Member, KURD-AKAD,
23. Dieter Kaltenhäuser, Alliance for Justice between Israelis and Palestinians
24. Elisabeth Kaltenhäuser, Alliance for Justice between Israelis and Palestinians
25. Erik Hagedorn, activist and political scientist
26. Erkan Pehlivan, journalist
27. Ernst-Ludwig Iskenius, doctor, IPPNW
28. Esther Winkelmann, antiquarian bookseller, political activist
29. Eva von Redecker, philosopher
30. Ferat Koçak Member of the Berlin House of Representatives – MdA
31. Frank Jasenski, lawyer
32. Frank Laubenburg, Federal Spokesperson Die Linke homosexual
33. Franz Hamburger, Prof. Dr., University of Mainz
34. Prof. Dr. Frieder Otto Wolf, Institute of Philosophy, Free University of Berlin
35. Friedrich Roeingh, journalist
36. Friedrich Vetter, retired pastor, member of the Challenge Commission in the RLP
37. Prof. Dr. Frigga Haug, Honorary President of Inkrit (Institute for Critical Theory)
38. Prof. Dr. Georg Auernheimer, University Professor emeritus
39. Gerd Pütz, organizational consultant, Association for Knowledge Cultures e.V.
40. Gerhard Keller, Truth Fighters Board e.V.
41. Gerhard Strauch, lawyer, Democratic Lawyers’ Association of Germany (VDJ)
42. Gisela Penteker, doctor, rep. in Turkey of the German section of the IPPNW
43. Gisela Rhein, activist, Families for Peace
44. Prof. Dr. Gregor Büchel, Professor i.R.
45. Hartmut Löschcke, bookseller
46. Heike Hansen, City Councilor Left List Oberhausen
47. Heinz Jürgen Schneider, former lawyer and author
48. Heinz Schmitt, lawyer
49. Prof. Dr. Helga Baumgarten, political scientist, Bir Zait University, Palestine
50. Helmuth Markov, former MP/Minister of State
51. Holdger Platta, author and journalist, “Human World Initiative e.V.” member
52. Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, former member of the Bundestag
53. Iñigo Schmitt-Reinholtz, lawyer, Nuremberg
54. Jens Carstensen, Oberhausen Peace Policy Forum
55. Joachim Schaller, lawyer
56. Jonna Sophie Kühl, Linksjugend
57. Johannes Krug, pastor, Evangelical Church
58. Jörg Heuer, intermedia artist
59. Jürgen Klute, former MEP and chair of the Kurdish Friendship Group in the EP
60. Jürgen Repschläger, member of the Left Party in Bonn City Council
61. Prof. Dr. Karin Kulow, Middle East expert
62. Kerem Schamberger, communication scientist and author
63. Konstantin Wecker, songwriter, composer and author
64. Kurt Bovensiepen, educator
65. Lena Wiese, social scientist
66. Lothar Zechlin, Prof. Dr., University of Duisburg-Essen
67. Lukas Theune, lawyer, executive director of the Republican Lawyers’ Association
68. Marcel Bister, spokesperson city ass. Die Linke Moers & Neukirchen-Vluyn
69. Marion Böker, director of the Human Rights and Gender Issues Consultancy
70. Marit Vahjen, Human Rights Group Turkey, IPPNW
71. Markus Lautenschlager, priest, Evangelical Church of Württemberg
72. Martin Dolzer, author and politician
73. Doctor. Matin Baraki, political scientist
74. Doctor. Maurice Stierl, scientist
75. Dr. Max Oliver Schmidt, sociologist, University of Potsdam
76. Prof. Dr. Michael Brie, social philosopher
77. Dr. Michael Wilk, emergency room physician, psychotherapist, author
78. Prof. Dr. Mohssen Massarrat, political scientist and member of IPPNW
79. Monty Schädel, former co-spokesperson of the German Peace Association
80. Nicole Gohlke, Member of the German Bundestag Spokesperson for the Left
81. Norbert Müller, member of the board of directors of the ‘Linke Liste’ faction
82. Prof. Dr. Norman Paech, lawyer
83. Özlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament
84. Prof. R. Peter Brandt, historian and publisher
85. Prof. Peter Herrman, Researcher at the Human Rights Center, Changsha
86. Prof. Peter Ott, film producer and professor at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart
87. Peter Vonnahme i. R., Judge of the Bavarian Administrative Court
88. Dr. Rainer Werning, political scientist and publicist
89. René Bahns, lawyer
90. Dr. Robert Krieg, film producer
91. Roland Meister, lawyer
92. Dr. Rolf Gössner, lawyer, publisher, parliamentary advisor and civil rights activist with the International Union for Human Rights
93. Rudolf Bürgel, Left Baden-Württemberg
94. Prof. Dr. Rudolph Bauer, political scientist
95. Sabine Kebir, private lecturer, political and cultural scientist
96. Sabine Skubsch, Left Baden-Württemberg
97. Sarah Reinke, Director General of the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP)
98. Şeyda Kurt, author
99. Prof. Susanne Brandtstädter, University of Cologne
100. Susanne Köhler, Truth Fighters e.V. Board
101. Dr. Susanne Schultz, sociologist, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
102. Dr. Theo Aalders, postdoctoral researcher, University of Bonn
103. Thomas Kilpper, artist, Berlin, former Professor, University of Bergen, Norway
104. Thorsten Müller, lawyer
105. Tim Engels, lawyer
106. Torsten Bewernitz, Darmstadt University, editor of the magazine “express”
107. Prof. Dr. Udo Mayer, Emeritus Professor at the University of Hamburg
108. Prof. Dr. Medicine. Ulrich Gottstein, IPPNW
109. Ute Wellstein, occupational physician, IPPNW
110. Prof. Dr. Werner Ruf, peace and conflict researcher
111. Ph.D. Justice. Wolfgang Bittner, author and promoter
112. Wolfgang Klinger, Left List Moers, City Councilor
113. Wolfgang Marx, doctor
114. Yener Sözen, lawyer
115. Yusuf Karaçelik, Group Leader of the Left Party in the Oberhausen City Council
