Video Statement on the Paris Massacre
A video and statement in memory of Sakine Cansiz and the attacks in Paris on 9 January.
On
the 5th anniversary of the Paris massacre, we as Star Congress
respectfully remember Martyr Sakine and all martyrs in the fight for
freedom, and renew the promise of resistance. During the night of 9-10
January 2013, Sakine Cansiz fell martyr along with two other Kurdish
activists, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Saylemez.
Sakine
embodied a spirit of resistance drawing from the history of women to
fight against fascist and authoritarian mentalities that control the
will of the people. In Paris, the birthplace of modern democracy, a
Turkish intelligence agent performed this brutal killing.
In
2018, the attacks on Afrin were likewise an attack on the people’s hope
and the women’s revolution. There, hundreds of comrades like Avesta who
did not bow to Erdogan’s tyranny, sacrificed their lives to protect the
people of Afrin.
Today,
Turkey’s goal is to destroy the project of democracy and unity in
northeastern Syria by threatening to occupy the land there.
We, as Star Congress stand against these attacks as we are continuing to lead the struggle for freedom.
On this basis, we call upon our people and all women organizations around the
globe on the 9th of January to participate in activities in memory of
Sakine and Avesta. We demand that the international community break its
silence and hold the Turkish state responsible for such attacks.
