LAWYERS for jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has not been heard from for 11 months, have issued an urgent appeal to the United Nations over his continued isolation.

The Asrin Law Office said in the letter to the UN special rapporteur on torture that they had not been able to contact Mr Ocalan and three other prisoners held in Imrali high-security prison since March last year.

An application for an “urgent meeting” with the Kurdish leader was submitted to the Bursa chief public prosecutor’s office on Thursday.