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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.

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Stop Turkish attacks
Jinha - 29 Dec 2023 - BERÇEM CUDI
<<Call on international human rights organizations to <stop Turkish attacks>
Kobane - Eight civilians have been killed in the Turkish bombardments on the Cizîr and Euphrates cantons of North and East Syria. On December 25, the Turkish warplanes targeted the repair shop of the Kobane Municipality, the Kobanê cemetery, a poultry farm and the Mashta Nour hospital. The Mashta Nour Hospital was opened in the city in 2005. Having 59 employees, the hospital served about 500 people every day. However, the hospital was completely destroyed in the Turkish bombardment. The Turkish state has dropped bombs on villages, towns and cities near the border for two days, said Zozan Bekir, Spokesperson of the Kongra Star in Euphrates Canton. <The Turkish state has particularly targeted critical civilian infrastructure, including health centers, power and water stations. Dozens of facilities have been destroyed in the Turkish bombardments. The Turkish state carries out attacks on our region to hide its bankruptcy. In addition, Erdogan wants to take revenge for their defeat in Southern Kurdistan. Our people are determined to resist and have already taken up their position against the Turkish attacks. Despite the intense bombardment, our people have taken to the streets to protest the Turkish attacks.>
'We will keep protecting our gains'
Pointing to the silence of the international community and the guarantor states against the Turkish attacks, Zozan Bekir said, <The current silence shows that there is a deal between the Turkish state and the guarantor states. In the last two years, many civilians were killed in the Turkish bombardment targeting critical civilian infrastructure. We paid a high price to achieve gains in North and East Syria. We will keep protesting our gains. The Turkish state will never break our will by using cowardly methods. We are getting stronger every day.>
'Targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime'


Mizgin Xelil
Mizgin Xelil, member of the Euphrates Canton Executive Council, pointed to the ongoing Turkish state targeting critical civilian infrastructure. <We strongly condemn the Turkish attacks on North and East Syria. Targeting civilian infrastructure in North and East Syria is a war crime. The Turkish attacks have targeted factories, gas stations, repair-shops and printing houses. The Turkish state has intensified its attacks on North and East Syria especially for three years. The aim of Erdoğan is to destroy the gains of the revolution in Rojava.>
'The Turkish attacks should be immediately prevented'
Mizgin Xelil called on all human rights organizations and women's organizations to immediately prevent the Turkish attacks to protect civilians. <It is time for Erdoğan to stand trial for killing women, children and citizens of North and East Syria. Dozens of incidents showing the brutality and terror of the Turkish state have been documented. Unfortunately, the international community remains silent against the crimes committed by the Turkish state. Despite conventions against war crimes and human rights violations, the international community remains silent and this silence shows that there is a deal with the Turkish state.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/call-on-international-human-rights-organizations-to-stop-turkish-attacks-34378?page=1


Ocalan
Jinha - 29 Dec 2023
<<Prisoners on hunger strike subjected to psychological violence
News Center- On November 27, 2023, political prisoners in 104 prisons across Turkey started a rotational hunger strike, demanding <freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a resolution to the Kurdish question>. According to the Çukurova Association for Solidarity with Families of Prisoners and Convicts (Çukurova TUAY-DER), the hunger strikers in the Antalya Manavgat High Security Prison have been subjected to many right violations and psychological violence. When hunger strikers go out their wards, they are insulted in the corridor by the wardens saying, <You are terrorists, do not leave your wards>, the Çukurova TUAY-DER said. The Çukurova TUAY-DER also reported that the wardens left trash in wards of hunger strikers. When hunger strikers complain about this practice, they are told, <Don't speak, you do not have the right to speak>. According to the Çukurova TUAY-DER, the hunger strikers are held in solitary confinement and subjected to psychological violence to end their hunger strike.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/prisoners-on-hunger-strike-subjected-to-psychological-violence-34376?page=1


Rima Mehmud
Jinha - 29 Dec 2023 - by DELAL REMEZAN
<<Rîma Mehmud of Kongra Star: We will strengthen our struggle in 2024
Hasakah- Kongra Star has carried out many activities, projects for women since 2004, aiming to smash patriarchal capitalism that fuels inequality, gender-based violence and femicide. The Kongra Star holds a congress every two year to determine a roadmap. Rima Mehmud, coordinating member of Kongra Star in the Hasakah Canton, told NuJINHA that the Kongra Star carried out many activities and projects for women in 2023. <We have provided education programs in cities, towns and villages. We have carried out awareness-raising activities on March 8, the International Women's Day, and on November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. As Kongra Star, we have held 33 workshops for men to raise awareness about violence against women and femicide. In 2023, we held our 9th congress and determined a roadmap for the next two years,> said Rima Mehmud.
'Women were targeted'
Pointing to the ongoing Turkish attacks on North and East Syria, she said, <Throughout 2023, the Turkish state carried out many attacks on North and East Syria. Many pioneering women were targeted in the attacks. The Turkish state aims to destroy the gains of the women's revolution and break the will of women. Despite all the attacks, we do not give up on realizing our dream of freedom. We have also supported the international campaign launched to demand the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. We have held many activities and events to protect the isolation imposed on our leader and to demand his freedom.>
Projects for 2024
Kongra Star attaches particular importance to education of women and girls. Despite the Turkish attacks, it has held many educational workshops and courses in North and East Syria. <At the congress, we discussed how to develop more projects for women in 2024. One of our projects for 2024 is the building of villages to promote women's economic empowerment. In 2024, we will carry out many activities and events to demand freedom of leader Abdullah Ocalan.”
'We will strengthen our struggle'
<We attach importance to awareness-raising activities for women's freedom, to ensure gender equality and achieve women’s rights. We will never surrender to the Turkish attacks,> Rima Mehmud said. <In 2024, we will keep making efforts in North and East Syria. We aim to ensure equality and justice in society. We will strengthen our struggle in 2024.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/rima-mehmud-of-kongra-star-we-will-strengthen-our-struggle-in-2024-34374?page=1

Jinha - 29 Dec 2023 - by MEDINE MAMEDOGLU
<<Women's expectations for 2024: Peace, freedom, welfare and justice
Amed (Diyarbakır)- For the people living in Turkey, 2023 is the year full of earthquakes, floods, general elections, femicide, deepening economic crisis and the struggle against them. The social and political crisis in the country has affected everyone. NuJINHA spoke to some women of Amed about their expectations for 2024. Almost all women pointed to the economic crisis and the increase in violence against women and said that they did not experience a peaceful moment in 2023. Wishing peace and welfare for 2024, the women said, <A world without violence is possible.>
'I wish a life without violence and exploitation'
Ayşe Alın: <First of all, I am against gender-based violence. As a woman, I do not want women to be subjected to violence. Unfortunately, there is little we can do to eliminate violence against women. As a woman, I dream of a new year without violence, having a high level of education and without an economic crisis. Women should be educated and improve themselves. The economic crisis affects everyone. We live in a rental house. I have been married for three years. In three years, we moved six times. We will probably move from our current house. I hope this crisis will end and the high cost of living will disappear. I want to have a better living condition for the future of my child.>
'We wish peace and freedom'
Cayide Demirok: <Young people are unemployed. We wish for freedom and peace in 2024 without oppression and war. Today, the price of a loaf of white bread (125g) is 12 TL. Some people cannot even buy bread. The prices of all products are very high. My son is also unemployed. I hope all young people will have a job in 2024. We wish for peace and welfare in the world.>
'All I wish is justice'
Hulya Guleş: <I wish all wars will end in 2024. People should not suffer from financial problems anymore. I want a better life in peace. Violence against women should end. Child abuse and femicide should end. All I wish for is justice.>
'I wish a world without violence in 2024'
Necla Batık: <I wish a world without violence in 2024, better educational opportunities and a better future for our children. My children have no hope for their future. Every day, we make great efforts to make both ends meet. The economic crisis increases violence against women. Another problem is unemployment. All university graduates are unemployed; people cannot buy bread or a book for their children. 2023 has been a bad year for everyone. I lost my job after the earthquakes. We have had a bad year.>
'We should resist despite everything'
Avjin Atar: <We have faced many difficulties through 2023. We have suffered from male violence, economic crisis and oppression. As a woman, I have always protected myself against oppression. I am a university student. I looked for a job for a year to cover my expenses. I had a very bad time until I found a job. Women should be free. We should keep resisting until all women become free. The most important thing in this life is to resist and we, as women, should resist despite everything. Femicide should end now.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-s-expectations-for-2024-peace-freedom-welfare-and-justice-34373

Jinha - 28 Dec 2023 - by SERPIL SAVUMLU
<<People of Roboski demand justice for 12 years
News Center- On December 28, 2011, Turkey witnessed one of the most painful massacres in its history. 34 people, including 18 teenagers from the Encu family, were killed in an airstrike launched by the Turkish Air Force in the Roboski (Ortasu) village of Şırnak's Uludere district.
Dead bodies were taken from the scene by villagers
For a while, the massacre was hidden from the public; the mainstream media did not report anything about the massacre. The people learned of the massacre from opposition media outlets. The General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces released a statement on the massacre one day later. The villagers took the dead bodies from the scene by using mules. After the massacre, many commissions went to the scene to investigate the massacre. A commission of the Human Rights Association (IHD) was one of the delegations. Then, the IHD released a report on the massacre. The report said that the killed people were the smugglers. <There was no attempt by the official institutions to take dead or injured people, therefore; villagers arrived late in the incident scene with their own means. As a result, some injured people lost their lives due to blood loss and freezing. Soldiers left the incident scene when villagers went there to take the corpses. The corpses were brought to the Gülyazı village by the villagers with their own means,> the report said.
Legal procedures
On June 11, 2013, the Diyarbakır Prosecutor's Office found negligence rather than deliberate intent by the military staff and declared a lack of jurisdiction and transferred the investigation to the military prosecutor. However, the military prosecutor decided not to prosecute the case further ın January 2014 on the ground that the authorized soldiers had made an inevitable mistake regarding terrorist activity and ordered the bombardment. In July 2014, the families of victims applied to the Turkish Constitutional Court. On February 24, 2015, the Turkish Constitutional Court rejected the applications. After the decision of non-jurisdiction, the families of 40 citizens, including the injured ones, applied to the European Court of Human Rights. The court issued an inadmissibility decision regarding the application concerning the Roboski massacre on the grounds that domestic remedies had not been exhausted. After this decision, the families applied to the Turkish Constitutional Court again on April 9, 2021.
The names of the killed people are: Karker Encu (16), Seyithan Encu (21), Nadir Alma (26), Mehmet Ali Tosun (24), Şervan Encu (19), Nevzat Encu (19), Osman Kaplan (31), Ozcan Uysal (18), Selim Encu (39), Vedat Encu (18), Muhammet Encu (13), Mahsum Encu (17), Bilal Encu (16), Erkan Encu (13), Husnü Encu (20), Savaş Encu (14), Cihan Encu (19), Cemal Encu (17), Serhat Encu (15), Hamza Encu (21), Celal Encu (15), Şerafettin Encu (18), Selam Encu (22), Bedran Encu (13), Fadıl Encu (20), Hüseyin Encu (20), Aslan Encu (17), Şıvan Encu (13), Orhan Encu (21), Zeydan Encu (25), Salih Encu (16), Yuksel Urek (21), Adem Ant (19) and Salih Urek (18).
They were all involved in smuggling gasoline and cigarettes due to economic reasons; to support their families or cover school expenses.
On the 12th anniversary of the Roboski Massacre, NuJINHA spoke to Nuray Çevirmen, member of the Human Rights Association (IHD) Central Executive Board. <The Roboski Massacre is actually one of the dozens of massacres that took place in this geography,> she said, highlighting the policy of immunity. <Discriminatory policies against the Kurdish people cause impunity and injustice. Everyone knew that the route used by people to cross the border. Despite that, the massacre took place in Roboski. Although our commission revealed negligence, the massacre was buried in the corridors of Ankara.> Nuray Çevirmen thinks that the massacres that took place before the Roboski Massacre paved the way for the Roboski Massacre. <The failure to respond to calls for confrontation and justice for the Roboski Massacre paved the way for other massacres. If the perpetrators of a massacre had not gone unpunished, other massacres would not have taken place.> Although 12 years have passed since the massacre, the people of Roboski still demand justice for their loved-ones. For 12 years, the people of Roboski have been mourning for their loved-ones.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/people-of-roboski-demand-justice-for-12-years-34365?page=1


Airspace Syria
Jinha - 28 Dec 2023
<<96 organizations in Syria call for <Closure of airspace>
News Center- 96 law and non-government organizations in North and East Syria released a written statement condemning the recent Turkish attacks on Rojava. The statement pointed out that the Turkish state has intensified its attacks on North and East Syria by using warplanes, drones, artillery and mortars. <The Turkish state has targeted critical civilian infrastructure, including health centers, power and water stations, private and public properties. Many civilians have been killed and dozens have been injured in the attacks,> the statement said.
'Form a committee'
The statement also called on the UN and all human rights organizations to <close the airspace of the region to Turkish warplanes and drones, take Turkish forces out of Syrian territory and form a committee to investigate the crimes committed by the Turkish state in the region. People of all nationalities and religions, NGOs and law organizations in North and East Syria should rise up against the attacks.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/96-organizations-in-syria-call-for-closure-of-airspace-34366?page=1

Jinha - 28 Dec 2023
<<Death toll in Gaza rises to 21,110
News Center- At least 21,110 people, including 8,800 children and 6,300 women, have been killed and 55,243 injured in the Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, said the Gaza health ministry. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah and Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens. <The occupation (Israel) targeted a civilian car transporting wounded people from Deir al-Balah, which led to the killing of everyone in it,> Wafa said. The news agency also said that at least seven civilians were killed in an Israeli raid on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes killed and injured dozens of citizens, most of them children and women, in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, according to the Wafa. The Gaza health ministry also said that 7,000 people are missing, Many are believed to be trapped under destroyed buildings. Since October 7, at least 311 medical workers, 40 Civil Defense members and 103 journalists have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Since Israel began its bombardment on Gaza on October 7, up to 1.8 million-around 80 percent of the population-have been forced to leave their homes.
355,000 cases of skin and infectious diseases detected in Gaza
Health teams have detected 355,000 cases of skin and infectious diseases in Gaza, the Gaza health ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry called on international institutions to work towards providing sufficient water, food, and proper healthcare in shelter centers, especially those needed for over 700,000 children, 50,000 pregnant women, and 350 chronic patients, including 1,100 kidney dialysis patients and thousands of wounded.
'Hospitals are barely functioning'
<Hospitals are barely functioning. Infectious diseases are rife and spreading fast in overcrowded shelters. Hundreds of people with war injuries are unable to receive care,> wrote Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), on his social media account. <Gaza is a public health disaster in the making.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/death-toll-in-gaza-rises-to-21-110-34367


Teenager Ayn Issa
Jinha - 28 Dec 2023
<<Teenager injured in Turkish bombardment on Ayn Issa
News Center- Last night, a 16-year-old teenager was injured in the foot in the Turkish bombardment on the town of Ayn Issa, northern Syria. The teenager identified as Xilud El Mistefa was taken to the hospital in Raqqa. Three tendons in her foot have been ruptured, according to her family.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/teenager-injured-in-turkish-bombardment-on-ayn-issa-34368?page=1

Jinha - 28 Dec 2023
<<Kongra Star condemns Turkish attacks on NE Syria
News Center- Kongra Star, an umbrella organization for all women in North and East Syria, has released a written statement condemning the recent Turkish attacks on North and East Syria. The statement said that the Turkish occupation state took advantage of the Christmas holiday and Israeli attacks on Gaza to directly target civilian infrastructure in the region. <Eight civilians have been killed in the Turkish attacks since December 23,> the statement said. Emphasizing that the women's revolution paved the way for all women and gave them hope to fight for freedom and peace, the statement called on human rights and women's organizations, women’s rights activists all around the world to support the women’s revolution and put pressure on the Turkish state so that it stops its brutal attacks on North and East Syria.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/kongra-star-condemns-turkish-attacks-on-ne-syria-34371?page=1
 
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