Forty seven years prison sentence asked for a Kurdish child
Forty seven years prison sentence asked for a Kurdish child
Turkish children celebrate April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day across the country. But 17 years old V.Ç. has nothing to celebrate. Indeed the Kurdish minor, who is in Pozantý Juveniles prison for four months, is facing an astonishing 47 years prison sentence.
V.Ç. was arrested on January 8 on the grounds of joining a protest demonstration against military operations in Demirtaþ Neighborhood in Mersin. He was charged with "aiding and abetting a terror organization", "joining an illegal demonstration and meeting", "spreading propaganda for a terror organization", "resisting security forces" and "not obeying their warning to disperse".
Evidences against V.Ç. consist of testimonies by police officers and secret witness alone. V.Ç. is claimed to have chanted illegal slogans in the protest actions on 15 February, 9 September and Newroz celebrations.
V.Ç., rejecting the accusations against him, remarked that his joining in Newroz celebrations doesn't constitute a crime.
The father of V.Ç., Ýsa Çakýr, asked for the immediate release of his son who, he said, was unlawfully arrested and deprived of his right to education. The first trial of the case against V.Ç. will be held at Mersin 1st Juvenile Court on May 8.
In a statement on April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day, Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Political Committee called on all children in Kurdistan to protest and boycott the Turkish State holiday because of the pressure, harassment, abuses and all kinds of insults they are subject to.
The KCK statement, remarking that the children of Kurdistan aren't even allowed to speak their mother tongue and are the main victims of the policy of denial the Turkish state applies on Kurds, said that;
"Being a child in Kurdistan means being targeted by bullets and bombs, to die of shrapnel pieces, clashing with panzers every day, being subjected to abuse in prison, working in cotton fields for a slice of bread, being abandoned to orphanage, being cursed, witnessing the torture of their parents, being left hungry and homeless and having an uncertain future and death. We witness this life of children in Kurdistan every day. This is a reality that cannot be hidden in any way."
V.Ç. was arrested on January 8 on the grounds of joining a protest demonstration against military operations in Demirtaþ Neighborhood in Mersin. He was charged with "aiding and abetting a terror organization", "joining an illegal demonstration and meeting", "spreading propaganda for a terror organization", "resisting security forces" and "not obeying their warning to disperse".
Evidences against V.Ç. consist of testimonies by police officers and secret witness alone. V.Ç. is claimed to have chanted illegal slogans in the protest actions on 15 February, 9 September and Newroz celebrations.
V.Ç., rejecting the accusations against him, remarked that his joining in Newroz celebrations doesn't constitute a crime.
The father of V.Ç., Ýsa Çakýr, asked for the immediate release of his son who, he said, was unlawfully arrested and deprived of his right to education. The first trial of the case against V.Ç. will be held at Mersin 1st Juvenile Court on May 8.
In a statement on April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day, Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Political Committee called on all children in Kurdistan to protest and boycott the Turkish State holiday because of the pressure, harassment, abuses and all kinds of insults they are subject to.
The KCK statement, remarking that the children of Kurdistan aren't even allowed to speak their mother tongue and are the main victims of the policy of denial the Turkish state applies on Kurds, said that;
"Being a child in Kurdistan means being targeted by bullets and bombs, to die of shrapnel pieces, clashing with panzers every day, being subjected to abuse in prison, working in cotton fields for a slice of bread, being abandoned to orphanage, being cursed, witnessing the torture of their parents, being left hungry and homeless and having an uncertain future and death. We witness this life of children in Kurdistan every day. This is a reality that cannot be hidden in any way."
