News Center- The Free Women’s Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Jinên Azad-TJA) held a march and released a statement to protest the release of specialist sergeant, Eyüp K., who sexually assaulted four children in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province.

The members of Peace Mothers’ Initiative, the activists of the TJA, Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) Mardin MP Beritan Güneş attended the march held in the Stîlîlê (Akarsu) village of Nusaybin.

‘This is a systematic attack’

The statement said that specialist sergeant Eyüp K. was released at the first hearing held on October 31 after he sexually assaulted four children in the district between April and August. “Such incidents occur not only in Nusaybin but also in many Kurdish cities. This is a systematic attack on Kurds. On the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, various policies are carried out on women in the Republic of Turkey. Kurdish women and children are subjected to torture, violence and rape. But our resistance against such policies has become stronger. On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we vow that we will strengthen our resistance more.”

The women chanted the slogan, “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom) and demanded the specialist sergeant be arrested again.