KNK: People of Shengal must determine their own destiny

  • actual
  • 11:56 3 August 2024
  • |
img
NEWS CENTER - Stating that the people of Shengal must protect themselves and determine their own destiny, KNK said: “The Kurdish people must not forget this trauma and must show great solidarity and unity at the national and local level.”
 
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) made a written statement on the 10th anniversary of the massacre carried out by ISIS in Shengal on August 3, 2014. The statement included the following statements: "Shengal is the homeland of the Yazidi people and has become a target of ISIS. We know that all Kurds are disturbed by these attacks. Turkey, Iran and even the Baghdad administration, together with the chauvinist regime in Damascus, supported these attacks. ISIS became a symbol of hatred and hostility towards Kurds and Kurdistan. ISIS acted as an extension of the colonialist systems in Kurdistan. These attacks targeted the gains of the Kurds in Rojava and Southern Kurdistan and tried to impose colonialism on the Kurds again. At the same time, attacks were also carried out against the Yazidi faith. ISIS gangs occupied Shengal and carried out a genocide against the Yazidi people. The Yazidi people were massacred, women and children were taken captive, and the Yazidi people were handed over to a dark understanding of Islam. Thousands of Yazidi women were sold as slaves and forcibly detained.
 
Especially the HPG (Hêzên Parastina Gel- People Defense Forces), The YPG (Yekîneyên Parastina Gel-People's Defense Units) and YPJ (Yekîneyên Parastina Jin-Women Defense Units) fighters made great sacrifices and fought against these attacks. On both the civilian and military fronts, Kurds and Kurdistanis united to fight against ISIS and defend the Yazidi people. International human rights organizations also played an active role in this struggle and provided extensive support for the Kurds. The national forces of Kurdistan took important steps to protect the Yazidi people and to display great resistance. ISIS was neutralized by the unity of both local and international forces, and Shengal and other regions of Kurdistan were cleared of ISIS gangs. Shengal and the Yazidi people were handed over to ISIS gangs, and the forces that did not take responsibility for this situation are now implementing their dirty plans for Shengal. The KDP and the Baghdad administration signed an agreement on the protection of Shengal on July 9, 2020, and demonstrated their lack of will to protect the people of Shengal. The Turkish state's support for this agreement was also a part of the July 9 Agreement. The people of Shengal and the forces defending Shengal do not accept this agreement and oppose it. The will of the people of Shengal to protect their identity continues. We must be careful against dirty plans. Shengal is subject to attacks because of its Yazidi identity. This situation requires the people of Shengal to protect themselves and determine their own destiny. We emphasize that Shengal should have a special status. The suffering experienced by the Yazidi people is still fresh and the Kurdish people must not forget this trauma and must show great solidarity and unity at the national and local levels.”
 

View More Articles

21/05/2025
09:41 ‘A new process offers hope for the socialist movement’
20/05/2025
22:16 Cenk Yigiter attacked, taken to intensive care unit
21:17 DEM Party's statement after meetings
17:34 DEM Party and CHP meeting ends
17:26 Parliament Speaker: There will be those who will try to poison process, we are cautious
17:19 TJA to organize march for ‘social peace and democratic solution’
19/05/2025
16:40 100 families return to Shengal
16:28 Tent protest against embargo enters its 5th day
16:12 Ocak and Karakoç commemorated during Week of the Disappeared
15:51 PUK and KDP to participate in Iraqi elections with separate lists
14:15 DEM Party's meeting programme with political parties clarified
13:49 DEM Party and DEVA meeting ends
13:39 Participants at commemoration of Kaytan and Altun: Time to build social peace
13:15 Place to discuss the process is Parliament says Parliamen speaker Kurtulmuş
12:45 '2 thousand 728 young lost their lives in workplace homicides in 12 years'
12:11 'They were fighters for freedom and truth'
11:29 'Internationalist women’s movement must be established'
10:37 The struggle not over, method has changed says Sebahat Tuncel
09:51 Some houses built of memory and resistance
18/05/2025
20:48 Message from Abdullah Öcalan: A new contract is needed
20:39 Bahçeli proposes establishment of a 100 members commission
19:55 Thousands commemorate Kaytan and Altun at Şêx Seîd Square
18:15 DEM Party İmralı delegation return from İmralı
14:18 Peace Mothers in Amed for the commemoration: Öcalan must be free
13:26 They set out for the Kaytan and Altun commemoration
13:11 Participants in commemoration in Dêrsim: No unilateral peace
12:53 76-year-old ill prisoner's health deteriorating
12:42 DEM Party delegation goes to İmralı Island
12:22 80 ill prisoners in prisons in Mediterranean Region
11:14 They inherited struggle of Kaytan and Altun
10:30 Full support to process in Cizîr: The state must take the necessary steps
09:58 New page opened, accumulated problems must be eliminated says lawyer of Öcalan
17/05/2025
11:23 'PKK has done its part, the next stage will be the steps of the state'
11:15 EP Rapporteur Amor: PKK's decision excellent news, opportunity must not be wasted
16/05/2025
15:53 Abdullah Öcalan's photograph 42 years ago published
15:12 Kaytan and Altun commemorated in Wan: They never bowed down
13:27 Sabri Ok: Believe in yourself and Leader Apo
Besta Botan: Struggle based on democratic politics begins
13:18 ‘Legal steps must be taken for a democratic solution’
12:10 'Process' visits to 5 thousand families
11:32 Families applies to go to İmralı
11:25 Local associations: We must take part in the process
15/05/2025
16:59 Mehmet Şirin Tekmenüray releases after 32 years
16:54 PKK's founding cadres Altun and Kaytan commemorated in many cities
16:43 Journalist Furkan Karabay arrests
16:29 Makhmur citizens marching against embargo launch tent action
16:01 Commemoration of Kaytan and Altun: They built a great tradition
14:02 Wan citizens: Now it's the government's turn
12:18 ‘The state has serious responsibilities for a solution’
11:25 Makhmur Camp has been blockaded for a month
10:32 Witness of the PKK’s founding congress: Peace will come with the last congress