Only demand of the Peace Mothers is the physical freedom of Ocalan
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The Peace Mothers, who held their conference, gave the message that the freedom of the peoples passes through the physical freedom of Abdullah Ocalan.
The Peace Mothers, who held their conference, gave the message that the freedom of the peoples passes through the physical freedom of Abdullah Ocalan.
Reacting to recent prison and detention rulings issued in Ağrı, Azad Akbulut, Co-Chair of the Human Rights Association (İHD) Ağrı Branch, stated that “the judiciary must issue decisions that strengthen social peace and fulfill the requirements of a democratic society.”
Responding to the Turkish Parliament’s recent Kurdish-language post on its official X account following Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş’s speech in Amed (Diyarbakır), Birhat Duman, an executive of the Kurdish Language and Culture Development Association (KURDÎGEH), said: “Kurds will not accept this double approach. The real solution is to remove the barriers before the Kurdish language.”
Journalist Huseyin Aykol, who was intubated after suffering two brain haemorrhages, is still in a stable condition.
Speaking in front of the prison after the visiting former HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, DEM Party Co-chairs emphasized that implementing the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rulings and releasing Demirtaş, Figen Yüksekdağ, and all Kobanê case prisoners would be “one of the most important steps” in the ongoing process toward peace and democratization.
Administrators of the Wan (Van) Association for Solidarity with Families of Prisoners and Convicts (TUHAY-DER) said that the first concrete step toward ensuring a fair and democratic process must be the implementation of the “right to hope” for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Ill prisoenr has been held in Kırşehir S-Type for 31 years Cemil Ivrendi's release has been postponed 3 times. "They are waiting for me to die in prison, no one is taking responsibility," he said.
As part of the assimilation policies systematically implemented since the early years of the Republic, 379 of Agirî’s (Ağrı) 576 villages have had their original names changed.
Making a call for the rally to be held in Esenyurt Square, Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party member Ahmet Tuzun said that they will raise their voices against the unlawful practices of the government.
Highlighting the state policies of denial against the Kurdish language, women participating in a recent workshop in Wan (Van) emphasized that the struggle for Kurdish must be carried out on both social and political grounds.
Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, in his message greeting the Peace Mothers conference, said: "Your identity as mothers, you must consciously struggle for the identity of the free woman."
Pointing out that there has been no change in the treatment of ill prisoners despite on-going advocacy, the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD) member Beritan Kalbişen said: “If we want to establish a lasting and meaningful peace, the path inevitably passes through the prisons.”
Journalist Huseyin Aykol, who underwent two operations and was intubated after suffering two brain haemorrhages, is expected to be woken up during the day to check his reflexes.
Asrin Law Office announced that Abdullah Ocalan said: "The right to hope is a step that the state must take. This is an issue that affects thousands of people."
While the process carried out in the context of the solution of the Kurdish issue continues, the government has started the construction of a military road with a cost of 375 million TL in the regions of Mount Gilî and Mount Tendürek under the name of "security road".