Personalities and groups say 'Stop war against humanity in North and East Syria'

"Stop war against humanity in North and East Syria".

Over 200 personalities and groups signed a statement demanding to stop the war against humanity in Northern and Eastern Syria and to stop Turkey's war and occupation policies.

The statement said: "The undersigned express our solidarity with the Kurdish movement made up of children, young people, women, diverse identities and the Kurdish people in struggle for their rights to autonomy and self-determination. And through our personal and collective voice we want to let the world know what is happening in Kurdish territory right now."

The statement underlined that "the attacks by the Turkish army on Syrian territory involve clear violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes and thus are contributing to deepen the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the whole Middle East, neither the UN nor other international bodies, states or forces have yet adequately condemned these crimes or taken any effective steps to stop them."

The signatories "call the international community and all concerned bodies to take urgent action to prevent further crimes against humanity and to stop Turkey's war and occupation policies."

The signatories also "call urgently all the sensitive and committed people in the world to counteract Turkey’s disinformation policies and media censorship by providing and spreading information from sources in the targeted region itself." 

The signatories "demand international organisations and governments to

-Establish a No-Flight-Zone for the Turkish Air Force, including armed and unarmed UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) over Syrian and Iraqi airspace. 

From all over the world we demand urgently that 

-The Turkish Government stops its war attacks, politics of occupation, and systematic killings of women's rights defenders and people living in any part of Kurdistan, especially in the territories of North and East Syria, and North Iraq.

-Turkey ends its occupation and genocidal practices on Syrian territories such as in the regions of Jerablus, Afrin, Gire Sipi and Serekaniye.  

-In accordance with international law, war crimes and crimes against humanity should be prosecuted, including genocide and feminicide committed by president Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government."

The first 50 signatories are as follows:

  1. Hewa S. Khalid (V. Lecturer, Indiana University, USA)
  2. Xochitl Leyva Solano (GT CUTER CLACSO, Chiapas, Mexico)
  3. Jorge Alonso (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)
  4. Anahí Beatriz Pacheco (Chile, Transition Movement, Inner Transition Circle, Psychologist)
  5. Carlos Alonso  (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)
  6. Alberto Colin (Anthropologist and internationalist)
  7. Axel Köhler (GT CUTER CLACSO, Chiapas, Mexico)
  8. Fernando Valadez (Colectivo Contra la Tortura y la Impunidad) 
  9. Melanie EL Bush (MFMT, USSEN, Adelphi University, New York, US)
  10. Lola Cubells Aguilar (Universitat de València, España; GT CUTER CLACSO)
  11. Julia Suárez-Krabbe (Universidad de Roskilde, Dinamarca)
  12. Valentin Val (Chiapas/argentina)
  13. Francisco Morfin Otero (Guadalajara, Jalisco, México)
  14. Vasna Ramasar (South Africa/Sweden)
  15. Shrishtee Bajpai (India)
  16. Francisco De Parres Gómez (Universidad Veracruzana, México)
  17. Rubén Alonso (Guadalajara, Jalisco. México)
  18. Jesús González Pazos (Euskal Herria, est. español; GT CUTER, CLACSO)
  19. Violeta Gleaves López, La Paz, México
  20. Inés Durán Matute (GTCUTER CLACSO, México)
  21. Alejandro Reyes Arias (México)
  22. Elisa Pérez Alemán (INAH Puebla) México
  23. Kiro Eufemio Felipe Jiménez (México)
  24. Begoña Ribera Martin (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México)
  25. Maria Gracia Castillo Ramirez (APIJ-SNPICD-INAH)
  26. Rosalba Icaza (Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Paises Bajos/GTCUTER, CLACSO, México)
  27. Arturo Escobar (U.of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).
  28. Marina Sitrin (Binghamton University, NY, USA)
  29. Rodrigo Camarena González (Ciudad de México)
  30. Jaime Preciado (Guadalajara, México)
  31. Emre Sahin (Reno, Nevada)
  32. Margarita Belén Díaz Velasco (Oaxaca México)
  33. Ma. Eugenia Sánchez Díaz de Rivera. (Puebla, México) 
  34. Onésimo Ortega Ayala (Guerrero, Mexico)
  35. Márgara Millán, (Red de Feminismos Descoloniales, México) 
  36. R. Aída Hernández (CIESAS-CDMX)
  37. Miguel Agustin Ugalde (CELAMEX)
  38. Rocío Moreno Badajoz (Universidad de Guadalajara)
  39. Silvia Resendiz Flores (Mujeres Tierra, Mexicali)
  40. Victor Rogelio Caballero (Colectivo aequus. Promoción y defensa de derechos humanos)
  41. Martha Lechuga Luna (Docente jubilada)
  42. Rosa Isela Martínez (Colectivo Francisco Múgica)
  43. Héctor Zetina Vega (Red Morelense de Apoyo al CNI-CIG/Nuestra Alegre Rebeldía)
  44. Benita Rodríguez (Adherente a la Sexta)
  45. Imuris Valle (Radio Zapote)
  46. Carlos Beas (Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Zona Norte del Istmo de Tehuantepec)
  47. Cassandra Cárdenas Pimentel (Karacolita Insumisa CDMX)
  48. Efráin Rojas Bruschetta (Instituto Cultural Autónomo “Ruben Jaramillo Ménez”)
  49. Calixto Carbajal Balderas (La Otra en el sur de Morelos)
  50. Cristina Vargas (Red Morelense de Apoyo al CNI-CIG)