The European Kurdish Women’s Movement (TJK-E) issued a written statement ahead of the central marches to be held across Europe today, Saturday. The statement said that “the policies imposed on the Kurdish people since January 6 constitute a comprehensive plan of genocide that began in the neighborhoods of Aleppo and is still ongoing today.”
The statement emphasized that “the struggle waged against ISIS created legitimate gains won at great cost not only for the Kurdish people, but also for the peoples of the Middle East and the world, and noted that these values are today under open attack and the threat of genocide.”
It recalled that the forces seeking “to eliminate the legitimacy and achievements of the Kurdish people, particularly the United States, Israel, and Turkey, have reactivated the February 15 International Conspiracy and are carrying out an all-out plan of massacre against the Kurdish people.” It stressed that this approach is incompatible with the realities of the 21st century and with historical truths.
The statement also addressed the policies of abduction, execution, and sexual violence against Kurdish women, stating that “the mentality that views women as spoils of war is, as in the past, doomed to defeat today. It underlined that the Rojava Women’s Revolution is an honorable legacy left by the martyrs and that the ISIS mentality and barbaric gangs cannot overshadow women’s struggle for freedom.”
The TJK-E statement noted that the Kurdish people, in Başûr, Rojhilat, and Bakur as well as in the diaspora, “are taking a resolute stand against genocidal plans targeting Rojava,” adding: “The Kurdish people are going through a historic process to tear up and discard this decree.”
Finally, calling for participation in the actions to be held in all European cities today, the statement said: “Let us shout that we stand behind Rojava, that we are their voice, and that we will never, ever abandon Rojava. We invite all our people and friends to join the actions to be held everywhere in Europe on January 24.”