Support for HDP and the Kurdish people from Catalans
HDP Amed MP Feleknas Uca made a 2 day visit to Catalonia and met with several regional and local administrators, political party representatives and the media.
HDP Amed MP Feleknas Uca made a 2 day visit to Catalonia and met with several regional and local administrators, political party representatives and the media.
Feleknas Uca arrived in Catalan capital Barcelona on Monday and visited the Catalan Parliament, the Barcelona Municipality, Esquerra Republicana Party, and media organs like the Cat24 news network and RadioCat.
Uca spoke at a press conference for Catalan media and talked about the arrests, pressure and threats targeting the HDP, the trustees appointed to the municipalities, pressure on the opposition media and the issues Êzidîs face after seeking refuge in Kurdistan due to ISIS attacks.
THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF KURDISTAN
Uca mentioned that 12 HDP MPs are in prison and the party offices are attacked every day, but they will continue their struggle despite everything.
Uca stated that the Êzidî Kurds, who took refuge in several cities including Amed and Nusaybin after ISIS attacked Shengal, weren’t subjected to the same treatment as other Syrian asylum seekers and that they were faced with an intense policy of oppression, assimilation and relocation. Uca said the attacks on places where Kurds live and the arrests of thousands of people from all walks of life was geared towards changing the demographic structure of the region and that the Kurdish people were intimidated in an attempt to force them out of their own lands out of fear.
SUPPORT FOR HDP AND THE KURDISH PEOPLE FROM CATALAN POLITICIANS
In the meeting with the Barcelona Municipality and the political parties in the Catalan Parliament, the Catalans expressed they will be in solidarity and cooperation with HDP. Catalan politicians emphasized that it is unacceptable for the state to arrest and pressure HDP MPs and mayors, who were democratically elected with popular vote, under the guise of fighting terrorism.
Catalan electees called on the Spanish central government to immediately stop the weapons trade with Turkey and reassess the relationship.
HDP and the Kurdish freedom struggle was met with great interest in the meetings, conferences and other visits in the program organized by the human rights group CIEMEN.
CIEMEN’s main purpose is to promote and show solidarity with ethnic groups, cultures and languages under pressure and threat of extinction, and the group has had a close relationship with the Kurdish people for the last 14 years. David Minoves and Antoni Lluis spoke in the name of CIEMEN and stated that their relationship with the Kurdish people will improve further.