
527 Kurdish human shield from the activist group 'Peace and Freedom Brigades' declared on Sunday that all their calls to the Turkish state have been unanswered and the activists have now decided to join the ranks of the Kurdish HPG guerrillas.
The decision was taken collectively by the activists on Saturday.
.All our requests were evaluated by the Kurdistan Democratic Confederation and we got positive feedback
But the Turkish state, on the other side, never answered us.
The chairman of the Kurdistan Democratic Confederation's (KDC) executive council, Murat Karayilan, held a speech, praising the bravery and the initiative of the young Kurdish activists of the 'Peace and Freedom Brigades'.
The human shields have been in the Medya Defense Zones (MDZ) since August 10 this year. A majority of the human shields have been struggling since the beginning of the Turkish military operations in 2004, touring war zones in northern Kurdistan (southeastern Turkey) and calling to both sides to declare a cease fire and start a dialog. Every camp they set up in the war zones were raided by Turkish soldiers and they were taken to military bases and many of them were subjected to torture for 'sympathizing with terrorists'.
The Medya Defense Zones are areas declared as 'liberated' by the HPG. The size of the MDZ is approximately the size of Holland according to estimates made in 2003.


The chairman of the Kurdistan Democratic Confederation's (KDC) executive council, Murat Karayilan

Absolutely no link with Murat Karayilan, leader of PKK. No sorry KADEK. No sorry Kongra Gel. Ah, someone told me it's PKK again.


tomjez wrote:The chairman of the Kurdistan Democratic Confederation's (KDC) executive council, Murat Karayilan
Absolutely no link with Murat Karayilan, leader of PKK. No sorry KADEK. No sorry Kongra Gel. Ah, someone told me it's PKK again.
















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