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TJK-E announces 2022 campaign to protest triple murder of Kurdish activists in Paris
In a written statement, the TJK-E addressed the murders of PKK co-founder Sakine Cansız (Sara), KNK Paris Representative Fidan Doğan (Rojbin) and activist Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahi) on January 9, 2013 in Paris and announced the schedule of the actions in 2022.
“Our anger at the massacre is as alive as the first day and our vow to bring the perpetrators to account remains. Our promise to realize the dreams of these 3 revolutionary women, who shape our past, present and future, has always been our guide. We have continued to struggle for the last 9 years. The number of women who followed in the footsteps of Sara, Rojbin and Ronahi increased, and women expanded the revolt. Women’s resistance spread from Kurdistan to the Middle East and the whole world, leaving its mark over the centuries. Currently, women from Afghanistan to Latin America, from Egypt to Spain are the most active forces that criticize governments, remove borders and walls, ask and fight for a political change,” the statement said commemorating the martyrs of Paris.
‘THEY CONCEAL FACTS ON BEHALF OF THEIR INTERESTS’
The following remarks are in the statement:
“The struggle to bring the perpetrators of the Paris Murders to account is also a struggle against political femicides. For the last 9 years, Kurdish women, the Kurdish people and democratic forces have been protesting the massacre in the streets and taking legal actions against it. They demand that this crime against humanity should not go unpunished, since the evidence is clear and the perpetrator is already known.
However, the facts are concealed due to the conflict of interest among states. Although the first investigation revealed less than a year after that the massacre was organized by the MIT, the Turkish state and the ruling AKP led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the French state closed the case on the grounds that the hitman was dead. Afterwards, the confessions of MİT members and İsmail Hakkı Pekin, the former head of the Army Intelligence, appeared in the press. They confessed that there were assassination plans similar to the Paris killings in Europe.
‘NEW MASSACRES PLANNED’
Although an investigation has been launched into the massacre for the last 3 years, the French authorities do not press a charge in the light of concrete evidence. For the last 9 years, we have experienced that the French reluctance has encouraged the ruling AKP government to attempt further massacres. Turkish forces killed Pakize Nayır, Sêvê Demir and Fatma Uyar in Bakure (North) Kurdistan, Hevrîn Xelef, Zehra Berkel and Amina Weysi in Rojava (North-eastern Syria). This impunity has played a role in the murders of Deniz Poyraz in Izmir and Garibe Gezer in prison, including the deaths of sick prisoners.
For all these reasons, we, as the European Kurdish Women’s Movement, launched a campaign called ‘100 Reasons to Judge the Dictator’, by presenting a criminal file against Tayyip Erdoğan and the AKP government last year. The 100 reasons we came up to judge the dictator were just the tip of the iceberg. Dictator Erdoğan is directly responsible for crimes against humanity, especially against women and children, extending from four parts of Kurdistan to Europe. 235,727 signatures were collected from all over the world with the slogan ‘100,000 signatures for 100 Reasons’. People from all over the world, not just the Kurdish people, are now waiting for this trial. In front of the French judiciary, there are now data of dozens of massacres together with concrete evidence of the Paris Massacre. If France maintains the stance it kept for the last 9 years and does not provide justice, it will not be able to get rid of the guilt and will have to bear the brunt of new crimes.
Now is the ‘Time to Defend Free Women and Society Against Women’s Crime’. Now is the time for all political femicides and crimes against humanity committed by the Turkish state in the person of the Paris Massacre to be held accountable. It is the right time to judge the perpetrators without waiting for new massacre news every day.
CALL TO JOIN THE ACTIONS
On the anniversary of the Paris Massacre, we will once again raise global women’s solidarity against fascism, the male-dominated system, and femicide. We will show that women’s revolt cannot be prevented no matter what, it will cross all borders and break down walls. Just as it is symbolized in Sara-Rojbin-Ronahi, we will shout that the free women’s struggle is our past, present and future. We have not forgotten; we will not forget!
As TJK-E, our search for justice continues today as it was carried out yesterday, and it will continue until the perpetrators of the massacre are held accountable!
We will be on the streets, especially in Paris, on 5 and 8 January, with the slogan ‘France is guilty as long as justice remains in the darkness’, and we will shout ‘Time to judge the perpetrators’. Our call is to all women! Our call is to all Kurds! Our call is to all democratic public opinion, left socialist forces! To all circles who want to put a stop to the crimes of the Turkish state!
May the murderers of Sara, Rojbin, Ronahi be prosecuted! Don’t let crimes against humanity go unpunished! Let’s turn 2022 into a year of accountability and success from fascism, male domination, rapists, and genocide!
As TJK-E, we commemorate all our martyrs with respect and gratitude in the person of Sara, Rojbin, Ronahi, self-government leaders Sêvê, Pakize and Fatma. With the belief that fascism can only be overcome with the unity of women and peoples, we say let’s destroy fascism, rape culture, genocidal policies, and gang-state institutionalization together.
On this basis, we will call on the French state to fulfil its responsibilities and we will hold protest actions promoted by the European Kurdish Women’s Movement (TJK-E) in front of all French consulates across Europe on 5 January.
On 8 and 9 January, marches and rallies will be held in many different cities in all countries, especially in Paris, under the leadership of the European Kurdish Women’s Movement (TJK-E).
ACTION PLANNING:
The TJK-E announced its action planning as follows:
“FRANCE
Paris Center
Date: 8 January 2022
Time: 12:00
Location: Gare du Nord
Strasbourg
Date: 8 January 2022
Time: 13.00
Location: Strasbourg Station Front
Marseille
Date: 8 January 2022
Time: 13.00
Location: Canebiere/Marseille
Bordeaux
Date: 8 January 2022
Time: 13.00
Location: PLACE STALINGRADE/Bordeaux
Toulouse
Date: January 9, 2022
Time: 14.30
Location: Jean Jaures Metro Station/Toulouse
GERMANY
Berlin:
Date: 8 January 22
Time: 14.00
Venue: Alexander Platz vor dem Roten Rathaus
Frankfurt:
Date: January 8
Time: 14.00
Location: Frankfurt HBF
Dusseldorf:
Date: January 8
Time: 13.00
Location: DGB Haus Friedrich-Ebert-Str.
Hamburg:
Date: January 8
Time: 14.00
Location: in front of the Sternschanze Bahnhof
Bremen:
Date: January 8
Time: 16.00
Location: In front of the Hauptbahnhof
Kiel:
Date: January 8
Time: 15.00
Location: Europlatz
Saarbrucken:
Date: January 8
Time: 13.30
Venue: Europa Galerie
Stuttgart:
Date: January 8
Time: 15.00
Location: Lautenschlager Str.
Hanover:
Date: January 8
Time: 14.00
Location: HBF- Hannover
SWITZERLAND
Basel:
Date: January 8
Time: 14.00
Location: De-Wette Park Elisabethenstrasse
HOLLAND
Amsterdam:
Date: January 8
Time: 14.00
Location: MuseumPlein 17, 1071DJ Amsterdam
BELGIUM
Brussels:
Date: January 8
Time: 14.00
Location: Place De La Monnaie
ENGLAND
London:
Date: January 9
Time: 13.00
Location: Trafalgar Square
AUSTRIA
Vienna:
Date: January 8
Time: 16.00
Location: Schwarzenberg Platz
SWEDEN
Stockholm:
Date: January 8
Time: 13.30
Location: Norra Bantorget
DENMARK
Copenhagen:
Date: January 9
Time: 16.00
Location: Kongens Nytorv 4, Copenhagen
FINLAND
Helsinki:
Date: January 9
Location: Kamppi
NORWAY
Oslo:
Date: January 8
Time: 14.00
Location: In front of the French Consulate
CYPRUS
Limassol:
Date: January 8
Time: 18:00
Location: Moloz Park
AUSTRALIA
Sydney:
Date: January 9
Location: Town Hall.”