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THE SAD STATE OF THE COUNTRY CONNOT BE COVERED UP BY ATTACKING THE FORCES FOR DEMOKRACY

Our statement regarding the unlawful detention, on September 25, 2020 of 82 politicians in the opposition, including former Members of Parliament.

Union for Democracy (Demokrasi için Birlik)


THE SAD STATE OF THE COUNTRY CONNOT BE COVERED UP BY ATTACKING THE FORCES FOR DEMOKRACY

The rulers are trying to mask the shrinkage of their political support and the economic crisis  deepened by the pandemic, by attacking the opposition. We are facing a barrage of detentions, on the pretext of demonstrations which took place six years ago, on behalf of Kobane (http://bianet.org/english/human-rights/231525-kobani-operation-detention-warrant-against-82-people-in-7-provinces ).

Under this unlawful operation, set in motion on instructions from the Presidential Palace, detention warrants have been issued for 82 people, all of them members of the HDP  (Halkların Demokratik Partisi – People’s Democratic Party), a member of the Union for Democracy (UfD).  The detainees include the co-Mayor of the city of Kars, former members of parliament and party leaders. Perihan Koca, a coordinator for UfD and the spokesperson for the Social Freedom Party, has simultaneously been taken into custody in another separate, unlawful operation.

The October 2014 demonstrations were organized in solidarity with the people of Kobane in Northern Syria, which at that time came under the siege of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). However, provocations by the government led to events which were then used to criminalize and attack the HDP and the opposition.  Meanwhile, the demand for a parliamentary inquiry into the Kobane events was blocked by the majority party in the government.

The one-man regime is trying to stay in power by attacking the social opposition, while trying to cover up the poverty, unemployment and insecurity engendered by its untenable policies in the domain of education, the economy, health and foreign relations.

The attacks on the HDP are aimed at intimidating and suppressing the opposition. It is vitally important for the social opposition to massively confront this attempt by defending democratic rights and freedoms.

We would like to once more affirm that it is impossible to intimidate the forces for democracy by means of unlawful suppression.  The operations must be stopped, the HDP leadership, the UfD coordinator Perihan Koca and all other detainees must be freed immediately.

Union for Democracy 

25.09.2020


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DEMOKRASİ İÇİN BİRLİK

Demokrasi İçin Birlik; katılımcı ve çoğulcu yeni bir demokrasiyi, her türlü farklılığın tanındığı ve bu farklılıkların kamusal alanda yer bulduğu bir demokratik yaşamı hedefleyen, herkesin eşit ve çoğulcu bir anlayışla katıldığı, hiçbir siyasi görüş ya da partinin şemsiyesi altında olmayan bir birlik hareketidir.

BİZE ULAŞIN

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www.demokrasiicinbirlik.com

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