A delegation made up of HDP Group Deputy Chair Ahmet Yıldırım, Amed MP İmam Taşçıer, Şırak MP Leyla Birlik, Urfa MP İbrahim Ayhan, DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven and DBP Vice Co-chair Gülcihan Şimşek has met with the Xerabê Bava residents who were released from custody by state forces at the HDP office in Mardin's Nusaybin district.

Speaking here, HDP Group Deputy Chair Ahmet Yıldırım said the followings;

“We are facing an unlawful siege under the name of curfew in the village of Xerabê Bava. Nobody should claim this to be fight against the PKK as the areas placed under curfew are civilian settlements where dozens of houses are located. It is not a PKK camp but a village, to which delegations of human rights organisations and lawyers are denied access.

The statements made by the AKP Group Deputy Chair, Mardin Governorate and Interior Minister refute one other. We know very well from the 90's what sort of cruelty is perpetrated on the people for allegedly aiding and abetting the PKK.

The Interior Minister who responded to the reports of torture documented on a photograph has admitted the torture and crime against humanity in Xerabê Bava under the name of fight against the PKK. He also admitted that the person seen tortured on the photograph was a villager. We call upon all human rights organisations to report the Interior Minister to the International Court of Justice. The Minister has admitted and claimed responsibility for this torture which constitutes a crime against humanity.

If they want to realize the dream of a presidential system by placing the entire society under pressure, their atrocity will only enhance the rage of this society, their demand for a lasting and honorable peace, and their passion for democracy and freedom. They understood one thing though; that they will not be able to get the people's votes with their consent."

Following the meeting, the delegation left for the scene of the vigil held near Xerabê Bava.