Associations in Amed sealed
As part of the emergency decree issued by the AKP government, associations such as Mesopotamia Lawyers Association, Kurdish Authors Association, GÖÇ-DER, MEYA-DER and Dicle Fırat Culture Center have been sealed.
The associations that were shut down last night as part of the statement the Ministry of Interior Affairs made in reference to the 11th article of the State of Emergency are being sealed one by one. 47 of these associations are in Amed and are being sealed today.
Police officers besieged the Free Women’s Congress – KJA center in Amed’s Kayapınar district and began to seal the office. Officers also raided the Dicle Fırat Culture Center in Sur district, and informed the Kurdish Authors Association that they would soon start the closure procedures. Another NGO whose office has been sealed is Solidarity Association with Migrants (GÖÇ-DER).
Mesopotamia Solidarity with the Families of the Disappeared (MEYA-DER) and Mesopotamia Lawyers Association (MHD) are other associations in Amed that have been shut down.
