News Center- The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) and the European Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-E) will organize demonstrations in France and Belgium on April 27 to protest the police raids on pro-Kurdish channels, Stêrk and Medya Haber TV. The simultaneous police raids on Stêrk TV and Medya Haber TV in Belgium, on the Drancy Democratic Kurdish Community Center in France and on the houses of its members on April 23, 2024 were an organized attack against the Kurdish people, said the written statement released by two organizations.

 Mentioning the detention of nine journalists in Ankara and Istanbul, the statement recalled the deportation of Kurdish refugees from France to Turkey.

“The regional and international powers have become a party to the Turkish state’s genocidal plans against the Kurdish people. France has recently intensified its arbitrary and illegal oppression against the Kurdish people. It handed over three Kurdish people to the fascist Turkish state by tying their arms and hands. France and Belgium clearly committed unlawful acts by conducting raids on the offices of Stêrk TV and Medya Haber TV for their own interests while the invasion attacks on the Kurdistan region continue.”

Call for participation in demonstrations

The murderers of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan, Leyla Şaylemez, Evin Goyî, Mîr Perwer and Abdurrahman Kızıl, who were murdered in Paris in 2013 and 2022, have not been found yet, the statement emphasized. “We call on the Kurdish people and their friends to participate in the demonstrations to be held on April 27 in order to protest the crackdown on the Kurdish media.”