Members of the Kurdistan Students Union (YXK) and Kurdistan Women Students (JXK) staged a civil disobedience action during a conference at Goethe University to denounce the war crimes committed by the Turkish state in South Kurdistan, the use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish guerrilla troops, and the ongoing government crackdown in Iran and East Kurdistan.
The students explained that the Turkish state committed serious war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Medya Defence Zones, Shengal, Maxmur and Rojava.
The activists condemned the silence of international forces and institutions, particularly the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the UN. They also called for solidarity against the complicity of states.
Other students gave applause in support of the YXK and JXK activists.