Lütfiye Duymak is mother of five, and one of her children is only three years old. Duymak, who lives in Şırnak’s Cizre district, was detained on March 26 and she was imprisoned after six days in custody. The woman is accused of “membership to a terrorist organisation”, PKK, on the basis of witnesses’ statements, a book found in her flat and the interviews she gave about what she went through during the process of destruction by state forces three years ago.

The woman has been released from Şırnak T Type Closed Prison yesterday evening after an approval of the objection to her imprisonment.

The woman’s husband, 51 years old Mahmut Duymak, was burned alive alongside dozens of other people during the 79-day long curfew that was declared in the district on 14 December 2015.

During the onslaught by state forces in 2015, Duymak's family moved from Cudi to Nur neighborhood in Cizre, while he risked his life by fighting to rescue those wounded as a result of attacks.

Duymak was among the dozens who were attacked by state forces while on the way to Cudi neighborhood to retrieve the bodies of those killed by state forces on January 20. The crowd accompanied by HDP Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız was carrying white flags as they headed to Cudi neighborhood but were hindered by state forces that fired on the mass, which left 3 of them dead and 9 others wounded, including IMC TV cameraman Refik Tekin.

Duymak managed to survive the attack without sustaining an injury. He later continued to stay in the town and support the popular resistance. He finally went to Cudi neighborhood together with Ahmet Tunç, and took shelter in a basement, known as the "basement of atrocity" as the aggression by Turkish forces got heavier.

Duymak spoke on phone before the massacre, saying the followings in criticism of the worldwide silence on the massacre of Turkish state forces; "Where is humanity? What answer will humans give on this? Will they give an account to our dead bodies? Shame on humanity which is being killed by snipers, tanks, artillery in Cizre at the moment. It is enough now. We are also humans. The situation here must be intervened if humanity is meant to be kept alive. We may not have another talk after this one."

Body of Duymak was among those kept in the Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) temporarily set up at Khabur Border Gate in Silopi for the victims of the brutal massacre by state forces. His body was entirely burnt and could be identified only through a DNA test.

His wife Lütfiye Duymak voiced her reaction to the incident, saying the following; "They murdered my husband. Now, they give me 5 kilos of bones, saying 'This is your husband'. He was murdered savagely. His body was burnt completely. He had no physical integrity."