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March 27 - 19, 2024
<<Palestine Victory Speech on UNSC Ceasefire Resolution Adoption Shakes The World!...
and more news...
and <<Israeli airstrike kills at least seven in Southern Lebanon...
and <<Students of Jineology Department: This science attracts worldwide attention...
and <<Detention period of Nukhet Sirman extended...
and <<'The cruelty faced by people in Gaza must be told'...
and <<More than 130 children rescued in Nigeria...
and <<'The fire that broke out in Hasakah prison 31 years ago should be reinvestigated'...
and <<Leyla Zana: People have not lost any of their resilience...
and <<Mother Taybet waiting for justice in same place for 8 years...
and more news
 

March 22 - 20, 2024
<<'38 children were arbitrarily detained during Newroz celebrations'...
and <<'Rest in peace, the Newroz fire is lit this year'...
and <<'Now is the time for freedom'...
and <<At least 126 people detained after Newroz celebrations in Amed...
and <<Kemal Kurkut commemorated in Amed...
and <<Faten Atallah of Gaza: Women look for ways to make a living...
and <<Death toll in Gaza rises to 31,923...
and <<11 people injured in car bomb attack in Manbij...
and <<Gambia votes to repeal its ban on FGM...
and more news
 

March 19 - 18, 2024
<<Leyla Arzu Ilhan: We will light the Newroz fire against the international conspiracy...
and <<Women of Sweida call on journalists to make their voices heard...
and <<Documentary film 'Tearing Walls Down' released on website of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation...
and <<Dozens detained in Turkey...
and <<'Sustainable solutions are need for women and children with special needs'...
and <<Killing of Ehmed in Afrin sparks anger: The whole world must rise up...
and <<Displaced women of Afrin: We wage the second phase of our resistance in Shahba...
and <<Women celebrate Newroz in Dep: We should always be shoulder to shoulder...
and more news

March 16, 2024
<<636 feminists: Gultan Kışanak is also our candidate...
and <<Cholera and dengue fever spreading in Sudan...

March 15 - 13, 2024
Breaking News: <<Zukiswa Wanner returns Goethe medal to Germany...
and <<3 women killed in Syrian desert while collecting truffles...
and <<Kurdish boy killed in Afrin...
and << 15 people kidnapped in Afrin by Turkish forces...
and <<Afghan women grow their struggle despite Taliban restrictions...
and <<War in Gaza kills more children than in four years of worldwide conflict...
and <<Challenges faced by women selling vegetables in Taiz...

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 When one hurts or kills a women
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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.



March 25, 2024
Palestine Victory Speech on UNSC Ceasefire Resolution Adoption Shakes The World!
Watch a Palestinian press/speech conference here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzP5UUu_tBU&si=i8NMxft0K5uFDLuD

Earlier Pro-Free Palestine reports:
The Guardian - March 9, 2024 - by Arwa Mahdawi
<<The Week in Patriarchy
Israel-Gaza war
Opposing oppression is a feminist act - don't look away from Gaza
Watching what is happening in Gaza feels almost too painful to bear sometimes, but it is important that none of us look away
Bearing witness is a feminist act
I want to state the following as clearly and unequivocally as possible: Israel, with the help of the US, is deliberating starving the population of Gaza to death. The (manmade) famine conditions unfolding in Gaza are, many experts have noted, <unprecedented> in terms of their severity, speed and scale. <We have never seen children pushed into malnutrition so quickly in any conflict in modern history,> the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, has said. <We have never seen a civilian population made to go so hungry so quickly and so completely .... Israel is not just targeting civilians, it is trying to damn the future of the Palestinian people by harming their children.> Not only is Israel blocking aid from getting to Gaza, it is making the process of getting what little aid does get in deadly. In a statement on Tuesday UN experts accused Israel of <intentionally starving the Palestinian people in Gaza since 8 October>, adding: <Now it is targeting civilians seeking humanitarian aid and humanitarian convoys.> That statement was in reference to what is being called the Flour Massacre. Last Thursday at least 112 Palestinians were killed and 760 were injured in a desperate attempt to get flour. Witnesses say Israel opened fire on the crowd and caused panic, resulting in a stampede. This wasn't a one-off: there is an established pattern of Israeli forces attacking Palestinians who are trying to get aid. Again, I'm trying to state all this as clearly and unequivocally as possible because the US government, and large swaths of the US media, would have you believe the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is inscrutable and unavoidable. There seems to be a widespread attitude that while it's terribly sad innocent people are being bombed to oblivion and starved to death, this is just the sort of inevitable collateral damage that happens in a conflict. When Hillary Clinton was recently asked if she was shocked by casualties in Gaza, for example, she said: <Of course, I'm not shocked because that's what happens in war.>
Let's be clear: collective punishment is not war. Starving people to death is not war. Bulldozing cemeteries is not war. Firing on humanitarian convoys is not war. All of those things are war crimes. International law is very clear about this. (And, by the way, American politicians are also very clear about this when the perpetrator of these crimes isn't an ally.) And yet clarity has become another casualty in this conflict. A lot of the US media has this curious habit of using straightforward English when it comes to talking about most things, but retreating into the verbal equivalent of interpretative dance when describing violence perpetrated by Israel. Headlines are often so vague they read like a murder mystery. See, for example, this headline from the New York Times about the Flour Massacre: <Deaths of Gazans Desperate for Food Prompt Fresh Calls for Cease-Fire.> One gets the impression that these Palestinians just mysteriously flopped to the ground. Another hallmark of US coverage of Israel-Palestine is to ensure the reader knows, at every point, that even if an Israeli soldier fired a bullet, a Palestinian was almost certainly to blame. See, for example, this paragraph from an analysis of the Flour Massacre in the New York Times: <More than 100 were killed and 700 injured, Gazan health officials said, after thousands of hungry civilians rushed at a convoy of aid trucks, leading to a stampede and prompting Israeli soldiers to fire at the crowd.>
That framing is insidious: it casts the blame squarely on Palestinians. They started it, the framing insinuates, Israel just retaliated in self-defence. Those crazy Palestinians! They're always finding new ways to massacre themselves! It is impossible to overstate just how dire the situation in Gaza is right now. <Unless something changes, the world faces the prospect of almost a quarter of Gaza's 2 million population - close to half a million human beings - dying within a year,> Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, wrote back in December. It's March now, and nothing has changed; things have only got worse. The US continues to send extraordinary amounts of weapons to Israel, using legal loopholes to keep these arms sales under the radar. The US continues to attach no conditions to the military aid it gives Israel. It continues to shut down any criticism of Israel, including a UN resolution that would have condemned Israel for the Flour Massacre. It continues to enable plausible genocide and ethnic cleansing. In the face of a catastrophic famine, all the US has done is airdrop a pitiful amount of food and made half-baked plans to build a floating port. Performative doesn't even cover it. Writers haven't been (completely) replaced with AI yet. We are human beings, not robots; we feel things. I will be frank: it is almost unbearably painful, as someone of Palestinian heritage, to write about what's happening in Gaza. Not just because it involves reading about unspeakable horrors, but because it seems like everything I write about Gaza boils down to a plea for people to view Palestinians as humans. Do you know how debasing that is? Do you know what it feels like to have to beg people to see you as someone deserving of dignity and freedom? I know that I’m not alone when I say that the last five months have permanently altered how I see the world. They have hollowed me out. Of course, writing about what's happening is a luxury compared with living it. The pain I feel is nothing compared with Rania Abu Anza, who spent 10 years trying to get pregnant then lost her five-month old twins and husband in an Israeli airstrike. It's nothing compared with the 700,000 women and girls in Gaza who are trying to manage their menstrual cycles in camps where there is only one toilet for 486 people. It's nothing to the nightmare that 2 million people in Gaza are living every day. Watching what is happening in Gaza feels almost too painful to bear sometimes, but it is important that none of us look away. I’m writing this on International Women's Day (IWD) and I want to stress that bearing witness is a fundamentally feminist act. Opposing oppression everywhere is a feminist act. If you want to honour the original radical and anti-war spirit of IWD, please do not look away from Gaza. Raise your voice and make sure nobody in the future can ever say: 'I didn't know.'>>
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/09/opposing-oppression-famine-gaza

And related view here the absolute truth i.e. how journalist Richard Medhurst reveals the truth why the USA is, even if denying it, has boots on Gazaian grounds and thus actually joined israeli forces in its attempt to genocide the Palestinians:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ5UnKa42EE

Other actual news:


Jinha - Womens News Agency 27 Mar 2024
<<Israeli airstrike kills at least seven in Southern Lebanon
At least seven people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nabatieh in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
News Center- On Tuesday, Israeli air strikes near two towns in northeast Lebanon killed at least seven people. The Lebanese Civil Defense confirmed that an Israeli airstrike targeted the Islamic Group's emergency and relief center in Hebbariyeh village in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. WAFA also reported that at least seven people were killed in the Israeli airstrike.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/israeli-airstrike-kills-at-least-seven-in-southern-lebanon-34818

Jinha - Womens News Agency 26 Mar 2024
<<Yeni Şafak reporter fined for targeting ETHA reporter on social media
Taha Huseyin Karagoz, reporter at pro-government Yeni Şafak daily newspaper, has been fined 7,500 Turkish liras (about $235) for targeting Elif Bayburt, reporter at Etkin News Agency (ETHA).
News Center- Elif Bayburt, reporter at Etkin News Agency (ETHA), was targeted by Taha Huseyin Karagoz, reporter at pro-government Yeni Şafak daily newspaper, while she was reporting from earthquake-affected cities after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023. On February 9, 2023, Taha Huseyin Karagöz took Elif Bayburt's photo and press card and shared them on social media, accusing her of making propaganda for a terrorist organization. The Istanbul 18th Civil Court of First Instance has decided Taha Hüzeyin Karagöz to pay 7,500 Turkish liras (about $235) to Elif Bayburt for targeting her on social media.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/yeni-Safak-reporter-fined-for-targeting-etha-reporter-on-social-media-34815?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency 26 Mar 2024
<<Heavy rains cause flooding in container cities sheltering quake survivors in Hatay
Container cities sheltering quake survivors in Hatay have been flooded due to heavy rains.
News Center- Container cities sheltering Feb. 6 earthquake survivors in the Defne and Antakya district of Hatay province have been flooded due to heavy rains and storms last night. The storm ripped the roofs of containers in the Orhanlı neighborhood of Defre district and heavy rains have flooded containers in both districts. The historic Antakya Long Bazaar was also flooded due to heavy rains. The efforts have been started to evacuate water from containers.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/heavy-rains-cause-flooding-in-container-cities-sheltering-quake-survivors-in-hatay-34812


Students of Jineology Department
Jinha - Womens News Agency 26 Mar 2024 - by EBIR MUHAMED
<<Students of Jineology Department: This science attracts worldwide attention
Students of the Jineology Department at Rojava University say Jineology, literally means <women's science>, attracts worldwide attention.
Qamishlo- Jineology literally means <women's science or the science of women>. The word derives from jin, 'woman' in Kurdish. Jineology was first mentioned by Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan in 2008 in his book entitled, <Sociology of Freedom>. Jineology, embraced by women all around the world, especially Kurdish women, was educated at university when the Jineology Department established in 2017 at Rojava University in Qamishlo after the revolution took place in North and East Syria. After graduating from the Jineology Department, women start working at women's organizations, NGOs, research centers, press outlets and Jineology Research Center.
'Jineology has changed a lot in my personality'
Şexa Ehmed, a student of the Jineology Department, wants to teach Jineology to children after graduating from university. <I wanted to study Jineology at university because it was a new science and attracted my attention. I wanted to study it to learn more about women’s history and the reality of women. The curriculum of the Jineology Department includes women's history, philosophy and sociology and gender-based society, ethics and aesthetics, economy, health, women's rights, self-defense, women in religion and many other topics,> she said. <I had no knowledge about the reality and history of women before studying jineology. Since I started studying jineology, I have learned many things; jineology has changed a lot in my personality. I want to become a teacher after graduating from university to teach jineology to children.>
'It is a success for women'
Sara Ebdo is from Serekaniye (Ras al-Ayn) and now studies jineology at university in Qamishlo. <As women, we should learn our history and our roles in society. We can change the patriarchal mindset in society through Jineology,> Sara Ebdo told NuJINHA. <Since the Jineology Department was established by the Rojava University, women all around the world have come here to learn more about jineology. The Jineology Department attracts worldwide attention. Jineology is a success for all women.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/students-of-jineology-department-this-science-attracts-worldwide-attention-34810


Nukhet Sirman
Jinha - Womens News Agency 25 Mar 2024
<<Detention period of Nukhet Sirman extended
The detention period of Nukhet Sirman, a professor of anthropology retired from Boğaziçi University, has been extended.
News Center- Nukhet Sirman, a professor of anthropology retired from Bogaziçi University, was detained at her home on Istanbul's Burgaz Island on March 23, 2024, because one of the persons she interviewed for research was under police surveillance. Then, she was transferred to Mersin province.
Her lawyer, Fatoş Helvacıoglu, announced Monday that a confidentiality order was issued on the investigation launched against her client and the detention period of Nukhet Sirman was extended by one day. Nukhet Sirman is the co-founder of the Dissensus Research Company and one of the Academics for Peace, who signed a petition called, <We will not be a party to this crime> in 2018.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/detention-period-of-nukhet-sirman-extended-34808?page=1


Speaking out 4 Gaza
Jinha - Womens News Agency 25 Mar 2024 - by IBTISAM AXFIR
<<'The cruelty faced by people in Gaza must be told'
Speaking to NuJINHA about the ongoing Israel's attacks on Gaza, the women of Benghazi said they felt the pain and suffering experienced by Gazan women in their hearts.
Benghazi- The ongoing Israel's attacks on Gaza deeply affect women, who make up almost half of Gaza's population. Since October 7, 2023, at least 8,900 women have been killed, 23,000 others have been injured and 2,100 have gone missing in Israel’s attacks, according to the Palestinian Information Center. The women in the Gaza Strip struggle to survive against hunger, thirst and epidemic diseases without a safe shelter. In addition to the difficult living conditions, the women are responsible for taking care of their family members. Women keep holding protests all around the world to be in solidarity with Palestinian women.
'We must educate our children'
In an interview with NuJINHA, journalist Reem Al-Abdali said that they felt the pain and suffering experienced by Gazan women in their hearts. <We should educate our children at homes and schools about the injustice and persecution faced by women and children in Palestine, especially in Gaza,> she told us. Social activist Mina Al-Falah told NuJINHA that they, as women of Benghazi, were affected by what was happening in Gaza. <We do our best to provide support to the people in the Gaza Strip. I collect humanitarian aid for the women of Gaza,> she said. <In Gaza, mothers have lost their children every day. As a high school English teacher, I tell my students what has been happening in Gaza because they do not know anything about what has been happening in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The people of Gaza have been suffering from Israeli siege since 2007. They have been struggling to survive for 16 years.> <Mothers should tell their children what has been happening in Gaza,> said Najat Muhammad Al-Sharkasi. <The people of Gaza have been killed, displaced and tortured. Their homes are destroyed and hunger is used as a weapon against them. Children should know the war crimes being committed in Gaza.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/the-cruelty-faced-by-people-in-gaza-must-be-told-34807?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency 25 Mar 2024
<<More than 130 children rescued in Nigeria
More than 130 children, who were abducted on March 7 from their school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, were rescued on Sunday.
News Center- More than 130 schoolchildren were abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga by motorcycle-riding gunmen on March 7. On Sunday, Kaduna Governor Uba Sani announced that more than 130 schoolchildren were rescued. <All of them have come back home safely,> the governor said. School officials and residents had said 287 students were abducted on March 7 in the town of Kuriga in the northwestern state of Kaduna. However, Kaduna Governor Uba Sani told local media late Sunday that only 137 young people had been abducted during the attack. The abducted people were rescued just days before a deadline to pay a 1 billion naira ($690,000) ransom for their release, Premium Times, a Nigerian online newspaper, reported on Sunday. In recent years, abductions have been concentrated in Nigeria's northwestern and central regions. Dozens of armed groups often target villagers and travelers for ransom.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/more-than-130-children-rescued-in-nigeria-34804?page=1


Mehdiya Hac Mihemed
Jinha - Womens News Agency 25 Mar 2024 - by RONIDA HACI
<<'The fire that broke out in Hasakah prison 31 years ago should be reinvestigated'
The fire that broke out in Hasakah prison in 1993 killed 61 prisoners. Mehdiya Hac Mihemed, who lost her husband in the fire, accuses the Baathist regime of deliberately starting the fire and demands the reinvestigation of the fire.
Hasakah- On March 24, 1993, the fire broke in HAsakah prison killed 61 prisoners, including Kurdish young people, and injured about 100 prisoners. Mehdiya Hac Mihemed, mother of nine, lost her husband in the fire. She demands the reinvestigation of the fire.
'The Baathist government used to arrest young people for various reasons'
Emphasizing that the Baathist government oppressed Kurdish young people for various reasons in the 1990s, Mehdiya Hac Mihemed said, <My husband, Mihemed, did not accept oppression. He was arrested even though he told them that he was not in the business of selling cigarettes. One of his friends was also accused of selling cigarettes. They hanged him. The Baathist government used to arrest young people for various reasons.>
'I felt that something would happen'
Mehdiya Hac Mihemed accuses the Baathist regime of deliberately starting the fire. <On March 23, I visited my husband in the prison. He told me that white powder had been sprinkled on the floor of the prison. I told him, ‘What they sprinkled on the floor maybe is the one used in Amouda Cinema’. He also told me that all prisoners had had their hair and beard shaved. I felt that something would happen. When the fire broke out in the prison, a wedding ceremony was being held near the prison. According to the eyewitnesses, the regime soldiers attending the wedding ordered the volume of music to be turned up and there was no water in the fire truck that arrived to extinguish the fire in the prison. We went to the prison when we heard about the fire. Thousands of the regime soldiers attacked people gathering around the prison. Then, I was told that my husband had died in the fire.>
'Why were so many young Kurds burned alive in the prison?'
Mehdiya Hac Mihemed believes that the fire was deliberately started in the prison. <The Kurdish people have been subjected to many genocidal attacks such as the Halabja massacre and the fire that broke out in Amouda Cinema. Why were so many young Kurds burned alive in the prison? Because the Baathist regime deliberately started the fire to kill Kurds. Today, the occupying Turkish state holds politicians, intellectuals and freedom fighters in prison according to its own interests, not to raise the voice of freedom against fascism. The fire that started in Hasakah prison shows the hatred against the struggle of the Kurdish people.> Mehdiya Hac Mihemed demands the reinvestigation of the fire in Hasakah prison. <If the fire is reinvestigated, the truth will be revealed. Although 31 years have passed, we have not forgotten it. The international community ignored this fire, just as they ignored the Halabja Massacre, the fire in Amude Cinema and the massacres of the Turkish state. We will keep struggling against all kinds of oppression imposed on the Kurds.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/the-fire-that-broke-out-in-hasakah-prison-31-years-ago-should-be-reinvestigated-34803?page=1


Leyla Zana
Jinha - Womens News Agency 25 Mar 2024 - by MEDINE MAMEDOGLU
<<Leyla Zana: People have not lost any of their resilience
<It is necessary to cultivate hope and have a strong stance,> said Kurdish politician Leyla Zana, who supports the DEM Party for the upcoming local elections, emphasizing that people have not lost any of their resilience.
Amed (Diyarbakır)- As the local elections in Turkey are approaching, Co-mayoral candidates of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) make great efforts to reach voters and deliver their messages. Kurdish politician Leyla Zana, who called for unity and struggle during Newroz celebrations in Amed, has been travelling to districts and villages of Amed with DEM Party's co-mayoral candidates for two days to support their election campaign. NuJINHA followed Leyla Zana in four districts for two days. She first went to Hazro with the DEM Party's co-mayoral candidates for Amed, Serra Bucak and Dogan Hatun. Being welcomed by hundreds, Leyla Zana kissed women and children on their forehead and shook hands with almost everyone. In the district, she made a speech, recalling the 90s.
'Everyone should organize'
In her speech, she called for unity and solidarity of the Kurdish people again. <We have brought this struggle to today by dragging ourselves up by our own bootstraps. Our duty is to build a beautiful future for these beautiful children. Mothers, young people and everyone have a lot to do. Everyone should organize to build this future. We have our own party and candidates. I cannot tell you to vote for us because I know very well that you will vote for yourselves. We have our own will and rights. We say 'enough is enough' to those who want to deceive us. We will take what we deserve. The victory will be ours.>
She was welcomed by thousands in Hani, Pasur and Dicle
After visiting Hazro, Leyla Zana and the DEM Party's Co-mayoral candidates went to Hani. Leyla Zana was welcomed by hundreds of women in the district. She called on people to support their will in the upcoming local elections. On the second day, Leyla Zana went to Dicle and Pasur (Kulp) as part of the election campaign of the DEM Party despite adverse weather conditions. She was welcomed by hundreds, especially women and young people, in Dicle despite the snow. In Pasur, she was welcomed by thousands chanting <We will prevail by resisting>. In her speeches in both districts, Leyla Zana emphasized the importance of local elections for building democracy and peace and called on Kurdish voters in Istanbul to support their party.
'Mr. Abdullah Ocalan has a big role'
Referring to the <Third Way> in her speeches, Leyla Zana said, <The Third Way is the way of peace, democracy and justice. Reflecting your strong will in the elections means peace, democracy and free life. We all have suffered a lot. The future belongs to our children; do not allow our children to suffer. We planted the seeds of the free future together here in 1991. I hope and wish that the third way would prevail. As you know, Mr. Abdullah Ocalan has a big role in building the free future.>
'People have not lost any of their resilience'
For two days, Leyla Zana also visited many villages in the four districts and asked each citizen to persuade people to cast their votes in the upcoming elections. NuJINHA spoke to Leyla Zana about her impressions on the upcoming local elections. <People have not lost any of their resilience,> she told us. <Our people long for peace, democracy and freedom. They may love and embrace us as individuals. What is important is to value them, not to minimize their demands and expectations. They deserve to be valued very much. Maybe, we could not respond to their demands adequately, sometimes due to the conditions and sometimes due to the state's policies. In Pasur, I saw a banner reading, 'Tu li ku mayi? (Where have you been?)'. I am always among the people, I am here.>
'We will win together'
Speaking about the upcoming local elections, Leyla Zana said, <The elections are not just about seats and positions. Municipalities are the cultural, social and political areas if we govern these municipalities in the right way, if we work with a collective spirit with contribution of our people. It is necessary to cultivate hope and have a strong stance. Our people will have the life they deserve. We will win together.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/layla-zana-people-have-not-lost-any-of-their-resilience-34801


Mother Taybet
Jinha - Womens News Agency 19 Mar 2024 - by SARYA DENIZ
<<Mother Taybet waiting for justice in same place for 8 years
Tayber Inan, known as Mother Taybet, was killed and her dead body was left in the street for seven days and seven nights during the 24-hour curfew declared in Şırnak's Silopi district.
News Center- On December 14, 2015, a 24-hour curfew was declared in Şırnak's Silopi district. During the 37-day curfew, many human rights were violated in the district. 68 people, including Kurdish women politicians Pakize Nayır, Fatma Uyar and Seve Demir, were killed. More than 500 houses were destroyed. 57-year-old Taybet İnan, mother of 11, was one of the 68 people killed in Silopi. She was shot dead in the street by snipers while returning home from her neighbor on the 5th day of the curfew. Her dead body was left in the street for seven days and seven nights because the Turkish army did not allow her children. 10 bullets were found in her body. Her children did not sleep for seven days in order to protect their mother's body from animals. Her brother-in-law, Yusuf İnan, was shot dead while trying to pull her body in. Her husband was shot in his arm. The last words of Mother Taybet were, <I am cold and I am very thirsty.> In an interview with NuJINHA, her relatives said, <We could not sleep for seven days in order to protect her body from animals. While she was lying there, we died 150 meters away from her.> Despite the calls, her family could make their voices after seven days. They took her body but the torture against them continued. After 23 days, she was buried in Yenişehir District Cemetery. Only eight people were allowed to attend the funeral.
Story of Mother Taybet
The family of Mother Taybet was one of the families that left Silopi's Xezaye village to the center of Silopi in 1988 due to the ongoing pressure on them. After living in the district center for a year, her son Omer and her husband's brother Avdi İnan were detained by police in a house raid without showing any reason. Omer İnan was sent to the prison in Elazıg while Avdi İnan was sent to a prison in Mardin. In 1992, Mother Taybet lost her children named Esmer (10) and Botan (4) and her nephews named Ayaz (9), Şevzet (5) and Mehmet (10) when a landmine exploded in their neighborhood. While the İnan family was mourning for their children, riot police raided their home. Her husband Halit İnan was detained by the riot police and then sent to the prison in Mardin. After being held in prison for 11 months, Halit İnan was released. Then, he was arrested again and stayed in prison for three years and nine months.
The policy of impunity
An ineffective investigation was carried out in the death of Taybet İnan. In 2020, the prosecutor's office issued a 'permanent search warrant' to identify the perpetrators; however, the search warrant was commented as a policy of impunity. Until now, no progress has been made in the investigation launched by the Silopi Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the murder of Taybet İnan and Yusuf İnan. The lawyers of the Inan family applied to Turkey's Constitutional Court to investigate the murder of Taybet Inan and Yusuf Inan. The Constitutional Court has not issued a decision yet.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/mother-taybet-waiting-for-justice-in-same-place-for-8-years-34316

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