By Tara Yarwais for Fair Observer In 1999, Turkey convicted Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan of treason after depriving him of the right to speak with his lawyers. Although the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Ocalan’s favour, he remains in a Turkish prison to this day. Ocalan’s isolation is emblematic of the world’s disregard for an entire people that has been deprived of its rights for over a century. On July 17, I visited Geneva, Switzerland, with my father. Of course, we had plans to visit famous sites, including the International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. After we acc…