New wave of arrests
New wave of arrests
More than 40 people have been taken into custody today as a result of house raids carried out within the scope of so-called KCK operations. The fascist AKP regime has today targeted BDP members, civil society organizations, Kurdish media and leftist opponents.
Batman centered operations were carried out at many addresses in seven cities within the scope of Batman Public Prosecutor’s investigation and the authority given by Diyarbakýr Special Authorized Public Prosecutor. Among the raided addresses in Batman are BDP provincial and district buildings, offices of Azadiya Welat paper, Eðitim Sen, MEYADER, Association of Religious Scholars, Bahar Cultural Center and a number of houses. While lawyers and institutions authorities weren’t provided information on the grounds of confidential investigation, the operation by plainclothes policemen and action force teams is reported to continue in the city. Detainees are accused of “being members to KCK City Council and performing activities”.
The simultaneous operations in seven cities have once again targeted members of Kurdish media. While Batman DIHA reporter Gülsen Aslan has also been taken into custody, Azadiya Welat worker Þafak Çelenk was detained in Bursa and taken to Batman.
In a statement about the operations, Batman Governorship remarked that 41 people were taken into custody for allegedly “organizing violence acts, establishing neighborhood and city committees, joining organizational meetings and illegal demonstrations and forcing shopkeepers to close their shops through pressure and threat.”
While BDP members were also targeted by the operations in other cities, houses of ESP (Socialist Party of the Oppressed) members were raided in Ýzmir where police also detained a worker of Fýrat Distribution.
Within the scope of so-called KCK operations, hundreds of people have been taken into custody in the last one week as a result of AKP regime’s unprecedented detention rush. At least 567 people were detained by police from 10 December 2011 to 3 January 2012. Among the detainees, including mayors, students, children, human rights activists and union members, over 350 were remanded in custody and sent to prison.
Batman centered operations were carried out at many addresses in seven cities within the scope of Batman Public Prosecutor’s investigation and the authority given by Diyarbakýr Special Authorized Public Prosecutor. Among the raided addresses in Batman are BDP provincial and district buildings, offices of Azadiya Welat paper, Eðitim Sen, MEYADER, Association of Religious Scholars, Bahar Cultural Center and a number of houses. While lawyers and institutions authorities weren’t provided information on the grounds of confidential investigation, the operation by plainclothes policemen and action force teams is reported to continue in the city. Detainees are accused of “being members to KCK City Council and performing activities”.
The simultaneous operations in seven cities have once again targeted members of Kurdish media. While Batman DIHA reporter Gülsen Aslan has also been taken into custody, Azadiya Welat worker Þafak Çelenk was detained in Bursa and taken to Batman.
In a statement about the operations, Batman Governorship remarked that 41 people were taken into custody for allegedly “organizing violence acts, establishing neighborhood and city committees, joining organizational meetings and illegal demonstrations and forcing shopkeepers to close their shops through pressure and threat.”
While BDP members were also targeted by the operations in other cities, houses of ESP (Socialist Party of the Oppressed) members were raided in Ýzmir where police also detained a worker of Fýrat Distribution.
Within the scope of so-called KCK operations, hundreds of people have been taken into custody in the last one week as a result of AKP regime’s unprecedented detention rush. At least 567 people were detained by police from 10 December 2011 to 3 January 2012. Among the detainees, including mayors, students, children, human rights activists and union members, over 350 were remanded in custody and sent to prison.
