The 150 signatories called in the statement to protect the Rojava Revolution, defend the rights of Kurds and other minorities, and support the construction of a free, pluralistic, and democratic Syria. They wrote that despite the hopes born from the collapse of the Assad regime, the situation in Northern and Eastern Syria remains alarming.
The signatories emphasized that "although the regime has fallen, the war in Syria has not yet ended. External powers are developing new strategies over Syrian territory, with Turkey’s threats, particularly targeting Kurdish regions due to its neo-Ottoman ambitions, standing out."
They pointed out that during the occupation of Afrin and Serêkaniyê, the Turkish army and its allied militias conducted ethnic cleansing and looting operations, including bombardments targeting infrastructure. The signatories added: “In recent weeks, tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee from Tall Rifaat and Manbij. Kobanê is now the new focus of this threat. This city, which heroically resisted DAESH (ISIS) in 2015, is currently facing a new wave of violence.”
The 150 signatories called on the international community and France to take the following steps:
"1. Ensure the complete withdrawal of Turkey and other foreign occupying forces from Syria.
2. Provide protection for Kobanê and other regions under threat.
3. End ethnic cleansing and demand the return of historically Kurdish regions such as Afrin.
4. Support the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria."
The statement concluded with the following remarks: "The future of the Syrian people depends on building a democratic Syria that guarantees the rights of all minorities. The founding principles of the Autonomous Administration - local democracy, women’s rights, and a social economy - can be one of the keys to achieving this goal."
The signatories are as follows:
Tuna Altınel, mathematician
Dilane Aydın, lawyer
Geneviève Azam, essayist and director of Fondation Danielle Mitterand
Pouria Amirshahi, Member of the Paris Parliament
Paul Aries, political scientist
Sahar Bagheri, researcher, Sorbonne Paris Nord University
Pierre Bance, Doctor of Laws
Antoine Back, Deputy Mayor of Grenoble
Zerrin Bataray, lawyer and AURA regional councilor
Matthieu Bellahsen, psychiatrist and author
Olivier Besancenot, NPA L'Anticapitaliste
Jérôme Bonnard & Ophélie Gath, co-secretaries of Union Syndicale Solidaires
Dominique Bourg, honorary professor
Jacques Boutault, deputy mayor of central Paris
Laurence Boffet, vice-president of the Metropole de Lyon
Léa Balage el Mariky, Paris Parliament Member
Jean-François Billion, President of Presse Fédéraliste
Sébastien Brunel, cartoonist
Michèle Boyer Carcenac, geographer
Remi Carceles, PhD student
Adnan Çelik, MCF EHESS
Nara Cladera Benia, federal co-secretary of Education Sud
Jérémie Chomette, community activist
Laurence Cohen, Honorary Senator
Albane Colin, AURA regional councilor
Sergio Coronado, former MEP
Alain Coulombel, Ecologistes executive office
Sébastien Choupas, local councilor, Aouste-sur-Sye
Renaud Daumas, Regional Councilor
Philippe Descola, Professor Emeritus
Fanny Dubot, Mayor of Lyon 7th District
Chris den Hond, journalist
Eléanore Dellatouche, Intérêt à Agir
Vincent d'Eaubonne, ecofeminist researcher
Pierre Dardot, researcher
Françoise Davisse, film director
Hüseyin Salih Durmuş, humanitarian aid volunteer
Ümit Doğan, PhD student
Véronique de Geoffroy, Groupe URD Director
Marie Didier, author
Mireille Fanon Mendès France, President of the Frantz Fanon Foundation
Eric Fassin, sociology professor
Jacques Fontaine, geography teacher
Rémi Féraud, Senator of Paris
Jean-Yves Gallas, President of the Mouvement de la paix (Peace Movement)
Aline Guitard, Deputy Mayor of Lyon
Olivier Grojean, political science lecturer
Jean-Luc Gautero, Emeritus Lecturer in Philosophy of Science
Franck Gaudichaud, historian and researcher
Dominique Gambini, film director
Aurélien Gabriel Cohen, researcher and publisher
Christine Garnier, Deputy Mayor of Grenoble
Daniel Guerrier, honorary journalist
Jean Glavany, former minister
Barbara Glowcewski, Emeritus Research Director
Agnès Golfier, Director of Operations at the Fondation Danielle Mitterrand
Nils Guyot, Solidarités Jeunesses
Hélène Hardy, member of the Ecologistes bureau
Nicolas Haeringer, climate activist
Laetitia Hamot, Mayor of La Crèche
Jean-Marie Harribey, economist
Christine Helot, emeritus professor
Seve Izouli, lawyer
Boris James, senior lecturer
Anna Jambon, President of the French Cultural Union of Armenians in France
Edouard Jourdain, researcher
Benjamin Joyeux, AURA regional councillor
Baudoin Jurdant, Emeritus Professor
Roseline Kisa, France Kurdistan Co- President
Pierre Khalfa, economist, Copernic Foundation
Nicole Kahn, UFJP
Thierry Lamberthod, President of Amitiés Kurdes de Rhônes-Alpes
Lydia Labertrandie, local councillor, Cesson
Annie Lahmer, Regional Councillor
Amaury Lambert, University Professor
Renaud Lawryn, Sud Education international commission
Michèle Leclerc-Olive, President of CORENS
Christian Laval, Emeritus Professor of Sociology
Zoé Lorioux-Chevalier, Poitiers local councillor
Christian Mahieux, Sud Rail trade unionist and international union network for solidarity and struggle
Benoît Massin, academic
Fabienne Messica, sociologist
Céline Meresse, President of CRID
Roland Mérieux, co-president of the Ensemble
Myriam Matonog, Vice President of LDH Lyon
Daniel Marcovitch, Former MP for Paris
Jacqueline Madrelle, President of France Libertés Gironde
Julie Maurel, Collective for Romans
Renée Mignot, President of MRAP
Halima Menhoudj, Deputy Mayor of Montreuil
Pascale Mitterrand, Board Member of Fondation Danielle Mitterrand - France Libertés
Gilbert Mitterrand, President of Fondation Danielle Mitterrand
Corinne Morel-Darleux, Author and Director of Fondation Danielle Mitterrand
Léonore Moncond'huy, Mayor of Poitiers
Aminata Niakaté, Paris City Council Member
Jean-Claude Oliva, EPT Est Ensemble
Josiane Olff Nathan, Vice President of Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation
Aline Pailler, Former MEP and Journalist
François Pallus, carpenter
Jean-François Pellissier, Ensemble spokesperson
Chiara Pistocchi, teacher
François Piquemal, Member of Parliament for Haute-Garonne
Alessandro Pignocchi, comic book artist
Martial Passi, National Secretary of the Mouvement de la Paix (Peace Movement)
Delphine Petit, Spokesperson Collective in Solidarity with the Kurdish People
Eric Piolle, Mayor of Grenoble
Marie Pochon, Member of Parliament for Drôme
Gilles Poux, Mayor of La Courneuve
Raymonde Poncet Monge, Senator
Şahin Polat, Co-President of the Democratic Kurdish Council of France
Sylvie Poupet, Member of the Federal Council of Les Ecologistes
Serge Quadruppani, writer and translator
Sandra Regol, Member of Parliament for Bas-Rhini
Sandrine Rousseau, Paris MP
Philippe Rio, Grigny Mayor
Tony Rublon, Amitiés Kurdes de Bretagne President
Richard Sadok, Un Jour la Paix President
Francis Sitel, Co-Director of Contretemps
Daniel Salmon, Senator
Marie-Hélène Saller, screenwriter
Edouard Soulier, NPA
Engin Sustam, lecturer
Faysak Taşkıran, Secretary of the Kurdish Students Association in Europe
Hélène Trachez, Paris councillor
Pascal Troadec, Deputy Mayor of Grigny
Stéphane Trouille, video producer
Marine Tondelier, National Secretary of Ecologists
Pascal Torre, Co-President of France Kurdistan and Coordination nationale solidarité Kurdistan
Marylise Tourneur, teacher
Hüseyin Üngür, PhD student and member of the NES Center for Solidarity with Universities
Marie-Christine Vergiat, LDH
Pedro Vianna, poet and playwright
Margaux Vidal, PS federal foreign minister
Vincent Vergone, sculptor and stage director
Brigitte Vaisse, Deputy Mayor of Thionville
Olivier Weber, writer, reporter, former ambassador
Refet Yalçın, engineer
Youlie Yamamoto, ATTAC spokesperson
Sonia Zdorovtzoff, Deputy Mayor of Lyon