Youths in Şengal mark the anniversary of the Êzîdî genocide
Youths in Şengal staged a march to mark the first anniversary of the genocide perpetrated by the savage gangs of Islamic State organization in the Êzîdî town in South (Başur) Kurdistan, the Kurdish region in Iraq.
The march by youths living in camps in West (Rojava) and South Kurdistan was also participated by youths living in the camps in Mount Şengal where thousands took refuge under the protection of PKK guerrillas who reached their help soon after the beginning of the ISIS attacks on the Êzîdî community one year ago.
The demonstrators joining the march, which began after a press briefing in the Sinûnê town of Şengal, carried banners condemning the Şengal genocide and demanding the exposure and trial of all those responsible.
Following the march which continued till the Valley Kersê, youths moved to the cemetery of martyrs’ where Şengal Youth Movement read out a press statement after a ceremony.
The statement pointed out that Êzîdîs have so far suffered many genocides in the hands of occupying states, the aim of which was to create an Êzîdî society estranged from their will and faith, to perpetrate a physical genocide and thus to kill the Êzîdî community. “Yet, the Êzîdî faith never died out, and it was always able to protect itself”, it underlined.
Regarding the 74th genocide Êzîdîs suffered last year, the statement said; “Facing a great betrayel by the KDP, our people suffered yet another savage and heavy genocide on August 3, 2014. The pershmerga forces fled their positions and left our civilian people to the hands of savage ISIS gangs. Thousands of youths, men, women, elderly and chilfren were abducted by ISIS and thousands of others were massacred in this genocide.”
Youths also criticized the world’s states for remaining silent to this genocide too, as was the case in previous ones.
The statement further called attention to the policies of the KDP against the Êzîdî community, and voiced the following warning to the Êzîdî people; “A large part of our community are either leaving their lands or staying away from the ongoing resistance today. KDP wants to realize its objective, which it failed to do with the genocide, by pursuing particular war policies against our society and striving to wipe out our culture and moral.”
The statement by Êzîdî youths continued by condemning the Turkish state’s support to ISIS gangs, saying that; “The foundation of this much strengthening of ISIS was laid by MIT (Turkish intelligence service) in Turkey. Through the ISIS, it is being intended to destroy the communities and peoples with a historical and cultural background who side with freedom. By means of the recent Suruç massacre and ongoing attacks on the Kurdish Freedom Movement, AKP tries to keep the ISIS gangs standing after their defeat in the hands of the Kurdish people.”
Şengal Youth Movement condemned the negative attitude of the KDP and the attacks of the AKP, and called on the international community and world’s states to provide further support to the Kurdish forces that saved them from genocide and enabled hundreds of thousands a crossing into safe areas.
Youths from Şengal ended their statement by calling on all their people, youths in the first place, to join the ranks of the YBŞ-YPJ Şengal and avenge the victims of the 74th genocide the Êzîdî people suffered.
HSM: “we will do everything for the liberation of Şengal”
People’s Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command has released a statement on the anniversary of the Shengal genocide perpetrated by ISIS gangs against the Kurdish Êzîdî people in South Kurdistan.
Condemning the perpetrators of the savage genocide vehemently, and describing it as a black mark of humanity in the 21st century, HSM commemorated all the people martyred in this genocide and in the following resistance, the youths and fighters of the Êzîdî people, guerrillas and peshmergas, and pledged to liberate Shengal and Kurdistan to honor their memory. HSM also vowed to bring the powers behind this mass killing to book.
In its statement, the Command emphasized the importance of Leader Apo’s framework in the struggle of guerrilla forces, which would exhibit an increased military performance based on the self-defense of all peoples of Kurdistan in the coming period. The Command promised that they would do everything for the liberation of Shengal, so that hundreds of hostages are freed and Êzîdî people can freely express themselves and their free will in an environment of victory and hope.
The Command noted that its guerrilla forces had been waiting for the development of a national policy which would include all forces stationed in Shengal, but would act on its own if necessary, in addition to its pledge to develop joint action through the perspective of national unity.
Source: FIRAT NEWS AGENCY
