"Berceto - writes the mayor, Luigi Lucchi, - wishes in this way to give a small contribution to the freedom of oppressed and not recognised peoples".

 

At the ceremony a delegation of the Kurdish people will be present, including Ocalan's niece and Rete Kurdistan Parma which has worked to raise awareness on the Kurdish people.

 

Berceto is the last of a dozen cities in Italy to grant the honorary citizienship to Ocalan.