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Demonstrations were organised in Cologne, Stuttgart, Copenhagen, Basel and Luxembourg and as part of the Kurdish Women’s Movement in Europe (TJK-E) campaign “Rise up for freedom and change”.
COLOGNE
In Cologne, Germany women marched from the cathedral to Rudolfplatz. Many politicians also joined the march where demonstrators protested the Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people, carrying banners commending the women’s freedom struggle.
In the German city of Stuttgart, hundreds staged a march in protest at the Turkish regime’s seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin.
The demonstrators, who covered three kilometers, were also joined by many organisations from the Solidarity with HDP Platform, including ADHK, AGİF, Alınteri, ATİK, DİDF, FCK, HDK, SKB, SYKP, Becekli Göktepe Culture and Solidarity Association, AABF, BA-WÜ, Dersim Construction Congress and MLPD.
The demonstration ended with a rally at the Schlossplatz.
BASEL
At the call of the Switzerland Kurdish Women’s Union (YJK-S) and the Rojava Committee, a demonstration took place in Basel.
On the other hand, internationalist youth from Turkey, Kurdistan and Switzerland led a street writing campaign in protest at the Turkish invasion in Rojava. Demonstrators closed the road to traffic in Dreirosenbrücke where they held a rally.
A speech made in the name of Rojava Committee said the following; “We freed Rojava, we will defend it together. We will achieve enlightenment against darkness, women’s liberation against the male-dominant system and realize the oppressed peoples’ hop efor a free future through internationalist struggle.”
The rally ended after speeches by TJK-S and Young Struggle activists.
https://anfenglish.com/women/kurdish-women-take-to-the-streets-across-europe
