BDP: Chemical weapons used against guerillas
BDP: Chemical weapons used against guerillas
In a statement concerning 24 bodies at Malatya State Hospital, BDP Deputy Co-chair Lawyer Meral Danýþ Beþtaþ remarked that guerillas had been killed with chemical weapons.
Beþtaþ stated that the nonbeing of a bullet mark on the bodies -which were burnt and torn into pieces- strengthened the allegations regarding use of chemical weapons.
Beþtaþ also reacted to the silence of the media on the subject of and commented this silence as a sign of press associations’ loyalty to the instructions given recently by Prime Minister Erdoðan. “Authorities, press and judiciary are silent about the subject”, added Beþtaþ and directed the following questions to the AKP government;
“Is there a stock of chemical weapons?
Were chemical weapons used in the recent operations?
Why are the autopsy reports of guerillas kept secret?
What is the cause of death written on these autopsy reports? ”
While still 15 families couldn’t identify their children’s bodies and had to give blood samples for DNA test, a delegation, consisting of DTK, BDP, IHD, MEYADER, MAZLUMDER, Diyarbakýr Bar Association, Peace Mothers, DTK Coordination Board Member Demir Çelik and BDP Mardin MP Emine Ayna, has arrived in Malatya to stand by families and meet with Prosecutor to ask for autopsy reports.
Beþtaþ stated that the nonbeing of a bullet mark on the bodies -which were burnt and torn into pieces- strengthened the allegations regarding use of chemical weapons.
Beþtaþ also reacted to the silence of the media on the subject of and commented this silence as a sign of press associations’ loyalty to the instructions given recently by Prime Minister Erdoðan. “Authorities, press and judiciary are silent about the subject”, added Beþtaþ and directed the following questions to the AKP government;
“Is there a stock of chemical weapons?
Were chemical weapons used in the recent operations?
Why are the autopsy reports of guerillas kept secret?
What is the cause of death written on these autopsy reports? ”
While still 15 families couldn’t identify their children’s bodies and had to give blood samples for DNA test, a delegation, consisting of DTK, BDP, IHD, MEYADER, MAZLUMDER, Diyarbakýr Bar Association, Peace Mothers, DTK Coordination Board Member Demir Çelik and BDP Mardin MP Emine Ayna, has arrived in Malatya to stand by families and meet with Prosecutor to ask for autopsy reports.
