Kongreya Star Afrin chapter condemned the attacks against women of Afrin by the invading Turkish army and their allied gangs, and called on the women of the world to rise up for the people of Afrin.
Kongreya Star Afrin chapter gathered in the Serdem Camp in the Sosin village in Shehba’s Fafin district as part of the “Women Rise Up For Afrin” move. Kongreya Star issued a press statement in a meeting with women from Shehba and Afrin, and condemned the invading Turkish state’s attacks against the women of Afrin.
Participants put up banners that read “No to violence against women”, “No to rape of women of Afrin”, “Afrin’s women are being raped”, “Women of the world rise up for the women of Afrin”.
The statement read by Hevin Sileman from the Kongreya Star administration said the following;
“What is happening in Afrin is not new. It is a rehash of the history of conspiracies by international powers against the Middle East and the Kurdish people. The fascist Turkish state’s attacks against Afrin to assimilate the Kurdish people are a sign of that,” said Sileman and continued: “The Turkish state is changing the demographic makeup of the region, they are forcing the people of Afrin out and settling in people from Ghouta in their place. As it is known, since the beginning of the Syrian crisis Afrin has been a place that embraced the peoples of Syria against the barbarism of ISIS and other terrorists.
The resistance of the people and especially the women of Afrin has voided the plans of the conspiracists. The Rojava revolution is a women’s revolution, and that is why the enemy first targets women. The martyrdom of Barin Kobanê shows this fact. Now women are being raped and insulted, their honor is attacked and they are forced to live without their culture. The demographic makeup of Afrin is being changed, and the people are forced to sell their property. This happened in Shehba and Shengal too.They repeat their dirty practices over the women of Afrin, but the women’s resistance voids these dirty plans. Martyr Avesta Xabur’s resistance without any doubt and the resistance of so many martyrs against the Turkish state’s attacks against Afrin are examples to that. As long as hundreds of women from Afrin march on the path of Avesta and Barin, the Turkish state can’t rest easy!
The people of Afrin in Shehba are organized. With a strong will in line with Rebêr Abdullah Öcalan, Afrin will prevail.
As the Kongreya Star, we strongly condemn the attacks against women of Afrin. We are calling on the women of the world to rise up for the women of Afrin.”
