KCK trial adjourned to 23 January
KCK trial adjourned to 23 January
The 38th "KCK" (Kurdish Communities Union) main trial continued on 20 January in Diyarbakýr with the reading of tapped phone conversation made by IHD (Human Rights Association) Diyarbakýr branch chair Muharrem Erbey. Lawyers protested at the reading of all details about murdered children and the deaths of civilians and HPG (People’s Defence Forces) guerrillas and asked the court board to stop the reading which, as they said, brought the coldness of death in the hearing room.
Diyarbakýr Bar Association Chairman, lawyer Mehmet Emin Aktar protested at the reading of tapes about the procedure for families to reclaim the bodies of their children and demanded respect for the dead. IHD chair Erbey’s microphone was turned down when he started to speak in Kurdish about the figures the IHD acquired about the violation of child rights and massacres.
Speaking afterwards, lawyer Reyhan Yalçýndað told about the many children who died in the region and said that “Uður Kaymaz was 12 years-old when he was shot dead with 13 bullets in Kýzýltepe. The perpetrators haven’t been punished yet and his file still lies with the European Court of Human Rights. Ceylan Önkol - said the lawyer - was found dead and torn to pieces by her family. Her murder also remains unsolved and her file lies with the ECHR. The murderers of these children walk around freely while human rights defenders are being tried here. It is not a crime to go after the murderers of these children who die because of the explosion of devices they find on streets. Dear Chief Judge, - asked the lawyer - do you know how many children in the region are mimed because of military devices?”
Yalçýndað protested at the reading of tapes concerning the death of six months old Mehmet Uytun who was hit by a tear gas in Cizre district of Þýrnak. Lawyer Yalçýndað asked the Chief Judge Menderes Yýlmaz not to make the people live the same pain again by reading all recorded details about the events.
Following the reading of phone conversation tapes, the court board adjourned the trial to January 23.
Diyarbakýr Bar Association Chairman, lawyer Mehmet Emin Aktar protested at the reading of tapes about the procedure for families to reclaim the bodies of their children and demanded respect for the dead. IHD chair Erbey’s microphone was turned down when he started to speak in Kurdish about the figures the IHD acquired about the violation of child rights and massacres.
Speaking afterwards, lawyer Reyhan Yalçýndað told about the many children who died in the region and said that “Uður Kaymaz was 12 years-old when he was shot dead with 13 bullets in Kýzýltepe. The perpetrators haven’t been punished yet and his file still lies with the European Court of Human Rights. Ceylan Önkol - said the lawyer - was found dead and torn to pieces by her family. Her murder also remains unsolved and her file lies with the ECHR. The murderers of these children walk around freely while human rights defenders are being tried here. It is not a crime to go after the murderers of these children who die because of the explosion of devices they find on streets. Dear Chief Judge, - asked the lawyer - do you know how many children in the region are mimed because of military devices?”
Yalçýndað protested at the reading of tapes concerning the death of six months old Mehmet Uytun who was hit by a tear gas in Cizre district of Þýrnak. Lawyer Yalçýndað asked the Chief Judge Menderes Yýlmaz not to make the people live the same pain again by reading all recorded details about the events.
Following the reading of phone conversation tapes, the court board adjourned the trial to January 23.
