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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.
Ban on protests
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 4 , 2024
<<Ban on protests and demonstrations in 11 cities following appointment
of trustee
Following the appointment of a trustee to the municipality in Hakkari,
the governors of 11 Kurdish cities have banned all protests,
demonstrations, gatherings and meetings.
News Center- Mehmet Sıddık Nakit, the elected Co-mayor of Hakkari
Municipality, was detained, removed from office and replaced him with a
state-appointed trustee on June 3, 2024. Today, all protests,
demonstrations, gatherings and meetings have been banned in Colemêrg (Hakkari),
Wan (Van), Amed (Diyarbakır), Mersin, Elih (Batman), Şirnex (Şırnak),
Sert (Siirt), Bedlis (Bitlis), Agiri (Agrı), Muş (Muş) and idir (Igdır)
by the governors.
The governors have claimed the ban has been issued to <protecting
national security>, <maintain public order>, <preventing crime>,
<preventing the spread of violent incidents>, <protecting protect
citizens' safety, lives and properties>. The ban will end in the cities
on different days between June 6 and June 12.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/ban-on-protests-and-demonstrations-in-11-cities-following-appointment-of-trustee-35165?page=1
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 4 , 2024
<<Turkiye: Men kill 40 women in May
40 women were killed, 20 more died under suspicious circumstances in
Türkiye last month, according to the report released by the We Will Stop
Femicide Platform.
News Center- We Will Stop Femicide Platform (Kadın Cinayetlerini
Durduracagız Platformu-KCDP) has released its May 2024 report on
femicide. In May, 40 women were killed, 20 more died under suspicious
circumstances in Turkiye, the report said. According to the report, 14
out of 40 women were killed by men on the excuse that they had asked for
a divorce, refused marriage or dating proposals, two on the excuse that
they got restraining orders against their fathers to protect their
mothers, one on the excuse that she protected her daughter, three on the
excuse of financial reasons and the excuse of men, who killed 20 women
could not be determined.
38% of women killed by their husbands
The platform also shares the names of the killed women and their life
stories in the report. <Out of 40 women, 15 women were killed by their
husbands, six by their fathers, four by their partners, four by men they
knew, three by their male relatives, two by their ex-husbands, two by
their ex-partners, one by her brother, one by her son, one by a man she
did not know.> The report also said that 38% of women were killed by
their husbands in May. In the report, the platform also shares the
places where 40 women were killed. <25 women were killed at their home,
six on the streets, two inside cars and two in deserted places and two
in their workplace. The places where three women were killed have not
been determined. 19 women were shot dead by men, 13 women were killed
with sharp objects, four were choked to death, two were burned to death
and one was killed by being thrown from a high place.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/turkiye-men-kill-40-women-in-may-35164?page=1
Iman Abu Assaf
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 4 , 2024 - by ROCHELLE JUNIOR
<<'We have hope that Syrian women will wage a common struggle'
<We have hope that Syrian women will unite and wage a common struggle,>
said Iman Abu Assaf, a human rights defender in Sweida, stressing that
women lead the struggle for the democratization of Syria.
Sweida- The peaceful protests erupted at the Karama Square in the Druze
majority city of Sweida over the high inflation rate and deteriorating
economic situation in Syria on August 17, 2023 continue. Since the
protests erupted in Syria emerging from the 2011 Arab uprisings, the
country has been suffering from political, economic and social
instability. Syrian women will form a network for common struggle soon,
reported Iman Abu Assaf, a human rights defender in Sweida.
'Women are determined to make their voices heard by holding peaceful
protests'
Reminding that women led the protests that erupted in Syria, Iman Abu
Assaf said, <In 2011, women took to the streets because they were
discontent with all kinds of oppression faced by them. Since they knew
what people demanded, they led the protests to express their demands and
the demands of the people.> Speaking about the ongoing peaceful protests
in Sweida, she said, <The women of Sweida have made their voices and the
voices of Syrian women heard. They have shown that their demands are
legitimate demands. They demand freedom, a life with dignity and equal
citizenship. The women keep leading the protests. They are determined to
make their voices heard by holding peaceful protests.>
'All women should struggle'
Iman Abu Assaf criticizes women's movements in Syria for not being
united. <There are many movements having different views. Unfortunately,
we have not yet formed a united network to wage a common struggle. What
gives hope is the women's struggle. We believe that women will unite and
form a network to wage a common struggle soon. All women should struggle
for their rights, equality and build a democratic Syria. Without women,
stability cannot be achieved in Syria. More awareness-raising activities
should be carried out for women so that they can believe in themselves
more.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/we-have-hope-that-syrian-women-will-wage-a-common-struggle-35163?page=1
Women Journalists' Association
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 4 , 2024
<<Women Journalists' Association established in Mersin
The Women Journalists' Association established in Mersin aims to combat
gender-based inequalities, injustices, mobbing and rights violations
experienced by women journalists in the city.
News Center- Women journalists in Mersin held a press conference at the
headquarters of the Human Rights Association (IHD), announcing that they
have established the <Women Journalists' Association>. <Women
journalists are forced to work more than 45 hours a week for low wages.
They are deprived of many of their rights,> journalist Gamze Şimşek said
at the press conference.
'Women are more likely to suffer from occupational diseases'
<In these days when patriarchy surrounds our lives like a net, turns
every sphere of our lives into hell, we turn our every breath into a
struggle against the rights violations, censorship, low wages and long
working hours,> Gamze Şimşek said, stressing that women are more likely
to suffer from occupational diseases. <Women are underrepresented at all
levels of decision-making. Although they make more efforts, they are
paid less than men.>
'Women journalists are isolated'
The rate of women journalists, who feel challenged and exhausted is 59%
while this rate among male journalists is 26.8%, Gamze Şimşek indicated,
saying, <Women face inequalities in the workplace and have to struggle
with mobbing. Women journalists have to struggle with the inequalities
alone; they are isolated. They are subjected to detention, arrest and
being fired for doing journalism.>
'A step to end disorganization'
The Women Journalists' Association is a step taken by women journalists
to end disorganization, to unite against the patriarchal media, Gamze
Şimşek emphasized. <The association aims to unite all women journalists
to struggle against all kinds of oppression and to say 'We are stronger
together',> she said, calling on all women journalists in the city to be
a member of the association. <We invite every women journalist to become
a member of the association so that we can build the feminist media
against the patriarchal media and promote the rights of women and LGBTI+
journalists together.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-journalists-association-established-in-mersin-35162?page=1
Viyan Tekçe
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 4 , 2024 - by MEDINE MAMEDOGLU
<<'They aim to maintain their corruption by using trustees'
<They aim to maintain their corruption by using trustees, not to serve
the public,> said Hakkari Co-mayor Viyan Tekçe, reacting to the
detention of Hakkari Co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Nakit and the appointment of
the trustee to the municipality.
Colemerg (Hakkari)- The detention of Mehmet Sıddık Akış, the elected
Co-mayor of Hakkari Municipality and the appointment of a trustee to the
municipality on June 3, 2024 have sparked outrage across Turkiye. After
the People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) announced that
they would hold protests until the withdrawal of the state-appointed
trustee, people of Hakkari and DEM Party MPs held a march in the city,
chanting slogans such as <We will resist and prevail>, <We do not want a
thievish trustee> and 'Jin Jiyan Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)' despite
the police blockage. After the march, they held a sit-in protest in
front of the building of the Hakkari Governor's Office until this
morning. Hakkari Co-mayor Viyan Tekçe thinks that Mehmet Sıddık Akış was
detained and removed from office after they revealed the debt left by
the previous state-appointed trustees and their corruption. <They
appointed a trustee because they aim to maintain their corruption,> she
said, stressing that the previous state-appointed trustees left a debt
of 315 million 705,000 Turkish lira.
'The government could not accept its defeat'
Viyan Tekçe indicated that the government could not accept its defeat in
the local elections on March 31. <Our Co-mayor was detained in the early
hours (on June 3) although there is no verdict against him. His removal
from office is a coup against the will of people. The AKP-MHP government
could not accept losing; they were defeated against the will of the
people although they used all means. The people of Hakkari did not
accept the coup against their will and they will not accept it. Although
the mayors elected by them were removed from office twice, they casted
their votes in the local elections on March 31 and elected their mayor.
We will never accept the coup against the will of people and always
speak out against it. They will never defeat the will of the people of
Hakkari.>
'They aim to maintain their corruption'
Viyan Tekçe emphasized that the trustee was appointed to the
municipality on June 3 just after they exposed the corruption. <The
trustee was appointed on the grounds of a case that started 10 years
ago. The main reason for the appointment of the trustee is that the
government could not accept the will of the people and victory of our
party. The trustee was appointed just after we announced the corruption
and theft in the municipality. While the people of Hakkari were
expecting services, their money was spent elsewhere. We will keep
exposing the damage caused by them to these people and municipalities.>
'We will not remain silent'
At the end of her speech, Viyan Tekçe called on everyone to stand with
the people of Hakkari. <All people and pro-democracy organizations must
take to the streets to protest the coup against the people of Hakkari.
We should remain silent against this coup or the government will remove
mayors from office in other cities. We demand the government to respect
the will of the people. We will not remain silent against this coup. We
will not allow them to take away our will.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/they-aim-to-maintain-their-corruption-by-using-trustees-35161?page=1
Emşa Musa
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 3 , 2024 - by EBIR MUHEMED
<<Woman injured in Turkish drone attack on Jazira Canton: What do they
want from us?
<What do they want from us? All we want is to live in peace,> said Emşa
Mûsa, one of the people injured in a Turkish drone attack on the town of
Til Hemis, northeastern Syria, on May 31, 2024.
Qamishlo- On May 31, 2024, the Turkish drones targeted Til Koçer and Til
Hemis, towns in Jazira Canton of North and East Syria. After the Turkish
drone attacks, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that four
SDF fighters were killed and 11 civilians were seriously injured in the
attacks. In addition, Turkish warplanes targeted the members of the
Heyva Sor a Kurd (Kurdish Red Crescent) while on the way to help the
injured people.
'11 people from the same family were injured'
Emşa Musa (50) is a mother of three living in the Temîm village of Til
Hemis. The Turkish drones targeted their home and agricultural lands on
May 31. She and her family were attacked by Turkish drones while they
were trying to put out the fire that started in their agricultural lands
due to the first attack; she and 10 members of her family were injured
in the attack. <The Turkish state attacked us twice,> she said in an
interview with NuJINHA. <The first attack was at 3 p.m. and started a
fire in our agricultural lands. It attacked us again while we were
trying to put out the fire. My bones were broken in the attack and I
should undergo a surgery now.>
'What do they want from us?'
All Emşa Musa wants is to live in peace, away from attacks. <They (The
Turkish state) should allow us to live in peace. There is only this
desert, we have nothing else. We earn a living from our agricultural
lands. What do they want from us? Why do they attack us? The attacks
destroyed our home, our lands, our farming equipment. About 10 sacks of
our crops were burned in the attacks.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/woman-injured-in-turkish-drone-attack-on-jazira-canton-what-do-they-want-from-us-35158?page=1
TJA
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 3 , 2024
<<TJA calls to struggle against removal of Hakkari mayor from office
The Free Women's Movement (TJA) has released a statement calling on
everyone to struggle against the state-appointed trustee to the Hakkari
Municipality and the removal of mayor from office.
News Center- The Free Women's Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Jinen Azad-TJA)
has released a written statement condemning the removal of the mayor of
the municipality in Hakkari and the appointment of the trustee to the
municipality. Call to struggle against the regime of trustee. As part of
the Collapse Plan, the AKP-MHP government has usurped the will of the
people, especially women and seized the Hakkari Municipality by
appointing a trustee to the municipality, the statement says, stressing
that Mehmet Sıddık Akış, Co-mayor of the city of Hakkari (Kurdish:
Colemêrg) was detained unlawfully. <We believe that our people,
especially women, will defend their will in Colemerg as they did in Van
and Hilvan. We call on our people, especially women and all democratic
organizations, to struggle against the regime of trustee.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/tja-calls-to-struggle-against-removal-of-hakkari-mayor-from-office-35157?page=1
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 3 , 2024
<<Letter from 95 figures to CPT: Send a delegation to Imrali
The letter sent by 95 well-known figures from Germany asks the CPT to
send a delegation to Imrali immediately.
News Center- As part of the <Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a political
solution to the Kurdish question> campaign, 95 well-known figures in
Germany, including academics, trade unionists, lawyers, activists, NGOs,
political parties and journalists has been sent a joint letter to Alan
Mitchell, President of the European Committee for the Prevention of
Torture (CPT).
'We urge you to send a delegation to Imrali immediately'
The letter urges the CPT to send a delegation to Imrali immediately to
speak Abdullah Ocalan, who is seen by millions of Kurds as their
legitimate political representative, stressing that an inhumane
isolation has been imposed on him. Asking the CPT to act in accordance
with Article 3 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, the letter says,
<Mr. Ocalanhas been subjected to isolation torture for 25 years. He has
been denied any contact with the outside world, including his lawyers
and his family, for over three years now.> The letter continues as
follows:
<We urge you to send a delegation to Imrali immediately to speak to Mr
Ocalan and find out more about his welfare. It would be highly desirable
if you could urge Turkey to finally grant Mr Ocalan the fundamental
right to meet his family and lawyers. Such action is crucial to ensure
that Turkey fully honours its obligations as a member of the Council of
Europe. This would help resolve a pressing human rights issue and
address the concerns of millions of Kurds. It could also revitalise the
spirit of reconciliation that is necessary for a peaceful solution to
the Kurdish question in Turkey.>
Click here to view the list of Signatories:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/letter-from-95-figures-to-cpt-send-a-delegation-to-imrali-35156
Hakkari Municipality
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 3 , 2024
<<Trustee appointed to Hakkari Municipality
The Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced that a trustee
has been appointed to the Hakkari Municipality held by the DEM Party.
<It is a coup attempt against the will of Hakkari,> the DEM Party said
in a statement.
News Center- Mehmet Sıddık Nakit, elected Co-mayor of the city of
Hakkari from People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) by
receiving 48.92 percent of votes in the local elections held in Türkiye
on March 31, was taken into custody in the city of Van on Monday while
the building of Hakkari Municipality was blockaded and raided by Turkish
police. Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced that the
ministry has removed Mehmet Sıddık Akış from office and replaced him
with state-appointed trustee because <there is a case file No. 2014/173
at the Hakkari 1st High Criminal Court against Mehmet Sıddık Adım on
charges of 'leading an illegal organization', 'membership in an illegal
organization' and 'propagandizing for an illegal organization'.>
According to the announcement, Hakkari governor Ali Çelik has been
appointed as a trustee to the Hakkari Municipality.
Tuncer Bakırhan: We will not allow our will to be usurped by anyone
After the announcement of the state-appointed trustee to the
municipality, DEM Party Co-chair Tulay Hatimogulları and Tuncer Bakırhan
condemned the appointment of the trustee on their social media accounts.
<The detention of the mayor of Hakkari is a dark and dirty injustice. We
reject this pro-coup and anti-Kurdish mindset. We will not allow our
will to be usurped by anyone. We say enough. Such unlawful practices
that will destroy Türkiye's democratic future must be abandoned
immediately. We call on everyone, especially democrats, revolutionaries
and people defending peace to stand with the people of Hakkari and
reveal their democratic reaction against this usurpation of will.>
Tulay Hatimogulları: We will never bow
Tulay Hatimogulları also condemned the police raid on the building of
Hakkari Municipality, the detention of the Co-mayor of Hakkari and the
appointment of the trustee to the municipality. <We will never bow to
the mindset that detained our Co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış and those who
attempt to usurp our municipality by using police. This is an attack
against not only the will of the people of Hakkari but also the people
across Türkiye. We call on everyone defending democracy to take a stand
against the appointment of the trustee.> <It is a coup attempt against
the will of Hakkari,> the DEM Party said in a statement on X.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/trustee-appointed-to-hakkari-municipality-35154?page=1
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 3 , 2024
<<Police raid Colemêrg Municipality: Co-mayor detained
Turkish police conducted a dawn raid on the municipality in Colemêrg (Hakkari)
on Monday. Colemerg Co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış has been reportedly
detained in the city of Van.
Colemêrg (Hakkari)- Turkish police blockaded the Colemerg Municipality
last night and conducted a dawn raid on the municipality on Monday.
The building of the Colemerg Municipality won by the Peoples' Equality
and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in the local elections held in Turkiye
on March 31, 2024 was blockaded by Turkish police at 11 p.m. on Sunday,
blocking all roads and streets leading to the municipality. Then, the
police raided the building early on Monday morning. According to the
received reports, Colemerg Co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış was detained in
the city of Van on Monday.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/police-raid-colemerg-municipality-co-mayor-detained-35151
Pınar Gayıp
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 31 , 2024
<<Journalist Pınar Gayıp sentenced to more than one year in prison
Journalist Pınar Gayıp has been sentenced to a year, two months and 17
days in prison on charges of <insulting public officials>.
News Center- Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Pınar Gayıp has been
sentenced to a year, two months and 17 days in prison on charges of
<insulting public officials>. The court ruled to defer the announcement
of the verdict. Pınar Gayıp's lawyer Ozge Buşra Boyoglu said that she
would object to the prison sentence given to her client. >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/journalist-pinar-gayip-sentenced-to-more-than-one-year-in-prison-35150?page=1
Gezi protests
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 31 , 2024
<<Metro stations in Istanbul to be closed for operation on anniversary
of Gezi protests
The Istanbul Governor's Office has announced that metro stations and
funicular lines will be closed due to demonstrations planned to be held
on the 11th anniversary of the Gezi protests.
News Center- Istanbul Governor's Office has announced that Taksim and
Şişhane metro stations and Taksim-Kabataş Funicular Line will be closed
for operation on May 31, starting from 3:00 PM until a second
announcement. <As per the decision taken by the Istanbul Governor's
Office, our M2 Yenikapı-Hacıosman Metro Line of Taksim and Şişhane metro
stations and our F1 Taksim-Kabataş Funicular Line will be closed for
operation, starting from 3:00 PM until a second announcement,> the
governor's office posted on its social media account. In a statement, a
group called Taksim Solidarity said that they would issue a press
statement at Taksim Square today at 19:00, calling everyone to join them
to mark the 11th anniversary of Gezi protests.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/metro-stations-in-istanbul-to-be-closed-for-operation-on-anniversary-of-gezi-protests-35149?page=1
Nora Cortinas
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 31 , 2024
<<Nora Cortinas of Argentinas 'Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo' dies at 94
Nora Cortinas, a co-founder of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, died at the
age of 94 on May 30.
News Center- Nora Cortinas, a co-founder of Mothers of the Plaza de
Mayo, died in Buenos Aires on Thursday, at the age of 94.
Nora Cortinas, the symbol of memory, truth and justice against the
military dictatorship by Jorge Rafael Videla, also supported the Kurdish
Freedom Movement. In March 2019, went to Northern Kurdistan for a second
time to visit Leyla Guven and support the hunger strike that started in
2018 to break the isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
She was always in solidarity with the Kurdish people. Nora Cortinas was
also one of the signatories of the <Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and
political solution to the Kurdish question> campaign launched globally
in October 2023.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/nora-cortinas-of-argentina-s-mothers-of-the-plaza-de-mayo-dies-at-94-35145?page=1
Fatma Bilen
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 31 , 2024 - by BERJIN KARA
<<Co-mayor of Makhmour: The verdict in Kobane Trial ignores the will of
people
The verdict in Kobane Trial ignores the will of the Kurdish people,
stressed Fatma Bilen, Co-mayor of Makhmour Refugee Camp.
Makhmour- The Kurdish people and their friends from Kurdistan and other
countries react to the prison sentences given to Kurdish politicians in
the Kobane Trial on May 16. The verdict in Kobane Trial ignores the will
of the Kurdish people, Fatma Bilen, Co-mayor of Makhmour Refugee Camp,
said in an interview with NuJINHA. Recalling AKP's President Tayyip
Erdogan's statements supporting ISIS attacks in 2014, Fatma Bilen said,
<When Daesh attacked Kobane, Erdogan said 'Kobanî has fallen, it will
fall' to support Daesh. Everyone saw how Erdogan supported Daesh. The
whole world witnessed the brutality of ISIS and the massacre against the
Kurdish people. However, the support by Erdogan to Daesh was ignored by
the whole world.>
'The prosecution of politicians was overlooked'
Emphasizing that the Kurdish people were in solidarity with the people
of Kobane when ISIS attacked the city, Fatma Bilen said, <They mobilized
to stop the atrocity of Daesh in Kobane. Everyone in Northern and
Southern Kurdistan went to Kobane to protect the Kurdish people from
this atrocity. At that time, the politicians, elected by the will of the
people in Turkiye, announced their support for Kobane. However, they
have been standing trial for about 10 years for supporting the people of
Kobane. The prosecution of Selahattin Demirtaş and other politicians was
overlooked by the whole world.>
'We will keep holding protests for leader Apo and political prisoners'
The practices against political prisoners by the Turkish state is
against humanity, Fatma Bilen stressed, adding, <We see inhuman
practices against the Kurdish people in Turkish prisons. Women, men and
mothers face brutal and unethical practices in prison. We will keep
holding protests for Kurdish leader Apo (Abdullah Ocalan) and political
prisoners. Leader Apo and all prisoners have the right to family
visits.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/co-mayor-of-makhmour-the-verdict-in-kobane-trial-ignores-the-will-of-people-35144
No denying and ignoring
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 31 , 2024 - by MEDINE MAMEDOGLU
<<Relatives of prisoners: No results will be obtained by denying and
ignoring
<We stand with our children to the end,> say the relatives of political
prisoners, who have been on a hunger strike to protest the rights
violations in Turkish prisons.
Amed- A hunger strike was started by political prisoners across Turkey
on November 27, 2023 to demand <freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a
resolution to the Kurdish question>. After the hunger strike that lasted
three months, the political prisoners started a new action by refusing
the visits by their lawyers and family members on April 4. Since then
the political prisoners have refused the visits by their lawyers and
family members while the <Be the voice freedom> protest started by their
relatives continues. The political prisoners criticize the silence
against their demands and call on everyone to be in solidarity with them
and be the voice of their demands in letters they send to their
relatives. Since April 4, the relatives of the political prisoners have
gathered in front of the prison in Amed as part of the <be the voice of
freedom> protest, demanding a permanent and effective solution. NuJINHA
spoke to some mothers gathering in front of the prison.
'Peace and tranquility can be achieved through dialogue'
Sebahat Irmak, mother of one of the political prisoners, demanded the
end of the isolation imposed on political prisoners and in the prison
island of Imrali, calling on everyone to support them. <All we want is
an honorable peace. We are here to prevent more mothers from suffering
anymore. The prisoners started an action for all of us. Our children
suffer from poverty, torture and all kinds of oppression. The use of all
kinds of drugs and heroin is allowed so that Kurdish children do not say
'We are Kurdish',> said Sebahat Irmak. <Enough is enough. No peace and
tranquility will be achieved in Türkiye, Kurdistan and all around the
world until the isolation is lifted. Peace and tranquility can be only
achieved through dialogue. I call on all people to support the political
prisoners to end the isolation.>
'No results will be obtained by denying and ignoring'
Ferah Akbulut thinks isolation is a method of torture. Calling on
everyone to stand with the prisoners against torture, she said, <We came
here to support the prisoners. The prisoners are subjected to serious
rights violations and we are here to say no to the rights violations.
This isolation is imposed on not only the Kurdish people but also
everyone demanding peace and democracy. An isolation has been imposed on
Mr. Abdullah Ocalan for years; he has not been allowed to see his
lawyers and family members. No results will be obtained by denying and
ignoring. We will keep standing with the political prisoners to the
end.>
'We do not know what is happening in prisons'
Behiye Sevim pointed to the suspicious deaths and torture in prisons.
<The isolation has become more aggravated every day. The political
prisoners must be immediately released. We are mothers and say mothers
should not cry anymore. However, our demand for peace is not heard.
Prisoners are killed in prison but their death are recorded as suicide.
We do not know what is happening in prisons now. I call on all mothers
to unite and stop this massacre. We will stand with our children to the
end. We will struggle for our children to the end.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/relatives-of-prisoners-no-results-will-be-obtained-by-denying-and-ignoring-35143
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