189 journalists to follow Diyarbakır Newroz
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- 10:21 20/3/2022
189 local and foreign journalists applied for accreditation to follow the Diyarbakır Newroz.
189 local and foreign journalists applied for accreditation to follow the Diyarbakır Newroz.
Five years have passes since Kemal Kurkut was murdered by the police during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır. Kemal Kurkut's mother Secan Kurkut asked those who will participate in the celebrations this year to remember Kemal and said: "Think of Kemal everytime a Newroz fire is lit."
Journalists Ertuş Bozkurt and Mikail Barut were detained after a raid on their homes in Diyarbakır.
Continuing her struggle for justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse, a libel suit was filed against Emine Şenyaşar with the claim that she 'insulted' AKP MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız, whose relatives and boduyguards killed Şenyaşar's husband and two sons.
Esma Başkale, who is being held in Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison, reported that their wards were raided arbitrarily and she was threatened with death.
At the 26th International Kerala Film Festival held in India, the "Cinema Spirit of the Year Award" was given to Kurdish filmmaker Lisa Çalan.
Young men and women who opened the Polen Youth Culture House in memory of the 33 dream travelers who were massacred in Suruç said, "Our struggle will live on in Polen Youth and Culture House.
Underlining that she has been missing her father for 26 years, Selma Özkan, daughter of ill-prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan, said: "We get anxious everytime the phone rings thinking that it's bad news. I wish he could come back home in his last days."
Stating that Newroz is the "Day of Freedom" for Kurds, Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk, said, "I invite our people to join the Newroz celebrations so that Newroz will be more enthusiastic and there will be more participation. Participating in Newroz celebrations is our duty.”
A video was leaked showing the dead body of Mehmet Aslan, who was killed within the scope of an operation carried out after two police officers were killed in Urfa, was being kicked by the police, postmortem.
Families of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş held in İmralı Prison applied to the prosecutor's office and the prison directorate for a visit.
Continuing the Justice Watch, Şenyaşar family said: "We won't submit to the climate of fear."
The complaint filed against the police officers who detained Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar without permission from the prosecutor was blocked by the governor's office.
İzmir Newroz Organizing Committee member Erkan Gökber stated that Newroz will ensure the first strong breakthrough of the Democracy Alliance, and said, "We invite all peoples to break the chain of slavery, and fight together."
Stating that ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan must be released immediately, HDP Group Deputy Chair Meral Danış Beştaş told that not releasing Özkan is attempted murder.