Mourners attacked in Diyarbakýr
Mourners attacked in Diyarbakýr
People in Diyarbakýr were attacked once again by police as they joined the funeral for Kurdish guerrillas Mizbah Ezer and Ömer Erdoðan. The bodies of the two HPG guerrillas who lost their life in Çukurca on the 22-24 October Turkish army operation, have been brought from Malatya to Diyarbakýr not without problems. The convoy accompanying the bodies was indeed stopped a few times by the police this morning while traveling to Diyarbakýr.
As many as 10 thousand people gathered in front of the Bayramoðlu mosque where, they were told, the bodies would be brought from the cemetery. But the coffins were not brought there and the people started a march. At that point the police attacked the crowd with tear gas.
BDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaþ, Diyarbakýr Independent MP Leyla Zana, BDP deputies Emine Ayna and Ayla Akat Ata, BDP mayors came to the mosque and engaged in negotiations with the police.
It is now a recurrent and disturbing feature for police to attack the funerals of guerrillas. Clearly they are acting on a specific order which is to prevent people even to mourn and pay their tribute to Kurdish youth who gave their life for freedom.
This is indeed another vicious way to violate human rights. It is interesting to note how main stream media instead report in a callous way not just the event (demonstrators attacked the police) but also how they prepare the public to have a specific, induced reaction. That is a reaction against the people who want to mourn their dead. Indeed in the days prior to the funerals the media are full of news telling how the BDP is planning to have funerals in Diyarbakýr in order to get as many people as possible at the ceremonies and there start riots.
It is indeed a callous way to report events, more than that it is the fabrication of a lie which aims at fuel hate among people. It is a total lack of respect for the grieve of many. The media are playing a really dirty role in this dirty war. And this is a disgrace to the journalism profession.
As many as 10 thousand people gathered in front of the Bayramoðlu mosque where, they were told, the bodies would be brought from the cemetery. But the coffins were not brought there and the people started a march. At that point the police attacked the crowd with tear gas.
BDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaþ, Diyarbakýr Independent MP Leyla Zana, BDP deputies Emine Ayna and Ayla Akat Ata, BDP mayors came to the mosque and engaged in negotiations with the police.
It is now a recurrent and disturbing feature for police to attack the funerals of guerrillas. Clearly they are acting on a specific order which is to prevent people even to mourn and pay their tribute to Kurdish youth who gave their life for freedom.
This is indeed another vicious way to violate human rights. It is interesting to note how main stream media instead report in a callous way not just the event (demonstrators attacked the police) but also how they prepare the public to have a specific, induced reaction. That is a reaction against the people who want to mourn their dead. Indeed in the days prior to the funerals the media are full of news telling how the BDP is planning to have funerals in Diyarbakýr in order to get as many people as possible at the ceremonies and there start riots.
It is indeed a callous way to report events, more than that it is the fabrication of a lie which aims at fuel hate among people. It is a total lack of respect for the grieve of many. The media are playing a really dirty role in this dirty war. And this is a disgrace to the journalism profession.
