PAJK (Kurdistan Women's Liberation Party, Partiya Azadiya Jin a Kurdistan) and PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) prisoners will go on a hunger strike between July 24 and 26 in order to protest Suruç Massacre.

Deniz Kaya on behalf of the prisoners stated that they would be mourning for 3 days and rebelling for another 3. Kaya defended their right to bring AKP to account for not preventing ISIS attacks and setting ISIS gangs free, and called on civilians to organize their self-defense and condemned the massacre in Suruç.

'OPPONENTS OF SOLUTION AND NEGOTIATION ARE THE PARTNERS OF THE MASSACRE'

Kaya described the attack on revolutionary youth aiming to rebuild Kobanê as the denial of humanity, and strongly condemned the ISIS army of rape for its massacre. Kaya stated that the partners of the massacre were the opponents of solution and negotiation in Turkey, who targeted HDP and the Kurdish People’s Leader Öcalan’s perspective of democratic solution and nation.

Describing Suruç martyrs as the followers of revolutionaries such as Deniz, Mahir, Paramaz and Sarya, and saying that the young socialists were showing solidarity with YPG/YPJ forces inflicting heavy blows on ISIS gangs from Jarablus to Raqqa, Kaya called on peoples in Turkey unite, mobilize and resist attacks like the one in Suruç, and recalled Öcalan’s earlier warnings concerning peoples’ self-defense.

'WE MUST BRING AKP TO ACCOUNT AND ENSURE OUR OWN SECURITY'

Kaya warned young people and civilians about similar attacks across Kurdistan and Turkey, and called on civilians to organize their self-defense. Kaya defended their right to bring AKP to account for not preventing ISIS attacks and setting ISIS gangs free, since it was the state’s main responsibility to protect its citizens, and called upon people to ensure their own security in every street, gathering and event.

HUNGER STRIKE DECISION

The statement on behalf of PKK and PAJK prisoners emphasized that no massacre could force them to give up on their demands for freedom and democracy, but instead give them more reasons for resistance.

Kaya said that they would go on a hunger strike between July 24 and 26 in order to protest Suruç Massacre, and would be mourning for 3 days and rebelling for another 3. Kaya offered their condolences to peoples and commemorated with respect the young revolutionaries who sacrificed themselves for the freedom of their people.