{"id":1255,"date":"2020-03-04T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T10:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2020-03-04T13:50:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T10:20:01","slug":"three-more-families-protest-against-pkk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/report\/three-more-families-protest-against-pkk\/","title":{"rendered":"Three more families protest against PKK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since\nSeptember 3, 2019, more than 108 Kurdish families have been sitting in front of\nthe Democratic People&#8217;s Party (HDP) office &#8211; the PKK branch \u2013 in Diyarbakir. They\nsay \u201cthe HDP has a role in kidnapping our children and bringing them to PKK camps\nin Qandil mountains, Northern Iraq and must return them.&#8221; Today, three\nmore families joined the protesters..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/2.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/2-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fatima\nAksu from Kucaeli says: My son is only 17 years old. I sent him to the bakery\nto buy bread, but he did not return and his friends said the PKK had taken him.\nMy son is a student and has heart disease that needs to be monitored regularly\nby a doctor. I want my son to come back. He has to go to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also,\nJamal,&nbsp; a disabled father, says: HDP\nholds events and meetings under various pretexts, and this is an opportunity\nfor PKK members to get to know, deceive and abduct children and adolescents. I want\nmy son from the HDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/3-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/3.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohammed\nDicle also took a photo of his brother demanding that his 14-year-old brother\nbe returned, saying: &#8220;What does a 14-year-old child know about the war,\nwhy should they be banned from school?&#8221; He has been in the PKK for five\nyears. He was shown on a PKK-affiliated TV channel armed in Syria. Enough. Stop\nkidnapping our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nshould be noted that five Iranian Kurdish families also took part in the sit-in\nlast fall and demanded the return of their children, who were kidnapped by the PJAK,\nbranch of the PKK. Under international law, the use of under 18 as soldiers is\na war crime. After the sit-in, PKK Armed Forces commander Murad Karayilan told\nthe parents: &#8220;We will not return your children even if you sit there for\nten years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since September 3, 2019, more than 108 Kurdish families have been sitting in front of the Democratic People&#8217;s Party (HDP) office &#8211; the PKK branch \u2013 in Diyarbakir. 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