News Center- The Kurdish Women’s Movement in Europe (TJK-E) has released a written statement, calling for participation in protests to be held on January 9 and January 11 with the motto, “The murderers are known, why does France remain silent?”.

 “We have entered a new year of struggle by following in the footsteps of many revolutionary women such as Sara, Rojbîn, Ronahî and Evîn,” said the statement. “We remember the martyrs in Paris, especially comrade Sakine Cansız (Sara), who led the great freedom march of not just a movement or a people, but also a century.”

 Sakine Cansız (Sara), one of the founders of the PKK, Fidan Doğan (Rojbîn), Paris Representative of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), and Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahî) were murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013. “The First Paris Massacre, which took place on January 9, 2013, was the beginning of assassination-style attacks against the Kurdish Freedom Movement, and specifically the Kurdish Women's Movement. Since then, pioneering Kurdish women have been targeted in Europe and all four parts of Kurdistan.”

 Emphasizing that Kurdish women in Europe have been struggling for justice and accountability for 12 years, the statement said, “The identities and the addresses of the perpetrators have been known since the first day. No trial has been started although it has been documented that the massacre was committed by the Turkish state and the MIT (National Intelligence Organization of Türkiye). This paved the way for the Second Paris Massacre. Impunity has encouraged the Turkish state to commit more massacres.

“As every year, we will organize protests across Europe, especially in Paris, on January 9. On January 9 at 11 am, a march will be organized from the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center in Paris, where Emine Kara (Evîn Goyî), artist Mir Perwer (Mehmet Şirin Aydın) and patriot Abdullah Kızıl were killed in a gun attack, to the Centre d'Information sur le Kurdistan. On the same day, protests will be held in front of French Consulates in other European cities.”

 March on January 11

According to the statement, a march will be organized at the Gare du Nord on January 19, 2024 at 10 AM. In the statement, the TJK-E calls on all Kurdish people, women’s organizations, socialist and democratic people in Europe to participate in the protests and marches to be organized from January 9 and January 11.