After 3 days ... Al-Raqqa women finish sit-in by reading statement

Today, the Women's Administration in al-Raqqa concluded the sit-in tent which lasted for three days, and delivered many speeches, followed by a statement condemning the Turkish attacks on the regions of northeastern Syria.

Speeches were given by members and workers in civil institutions, a word on behalf of the women's councils in the line by Abdel Ghafour al-Deif, a word on behalf of the southern line of the city given by the member Maha Kriban, and a word on behalf of the people's councils in the eastern countryside given by the member Ibrahim al-Abbas.

The words in their entirety indicated: "This tent expresses the will and awareness of our people, rejecting the occupation and anyone who wants to harm our land or undermine our gains that we have gained from the democratic nation philosophy."

The words affirmed: "From this tent, we salute the struggle of every military or civilian woman, every woman who worked in life skills, every martyr's wife, every child orphaned in order to defend the homeland, and everyone who helped build an intellectually free society recognizing the efforts made by women."

Then, the father of the martyr Jamal Bakenji gave a speech in which he thanked the father of every martyr who had watered this land with their pure blood, and said: "If Hevrin was martyred, then there are 1,000 Hevrin, and instead of 11,000 martyrs, there are 1,000,000 martyrs in order not to live under the hands of the occupier, nor allowing it to displace us and rape our women, so we, as the Syrian people, have to be one hand against the plots being hatched against the peoples of the region."

The speeches were followed by delivering a statement by the Woman's Administrator in al-Raqqa, Ghalia al-Kajwan, and it said:

"We, the women of al-Raqqa city, stand today in the conclusion of the dignity and steadfastness tent, the sit-in tent against the Turkish attacks on our regions in north and east Syria, under the slogan "No to Violence, No to Genocide, Let us protect women and life together."

The statement continued: "From here, the land of the Euphrates, we condemn and denounce the Turkish attacks and the international silence towards our regions, as the stage in which Syria is going through in general; political and regional is changing, especially the regions of north and east Syria is on a daily basis exposed to Turkish threats to invade parts of Syria, including Ain Issa district and Manbij city."

The statement added: "This restoration of its Ottoman hegemony is aimed at striking the project of the Autonomous Administration that formed the moral community, organized itself, and adopted the political struggle as its most important principle, thus bringing together all the Syrian components on the principle of peoples' fraternity and co-existence.

We also appreciate the Women Protection Units and the Syrian Democratic Forces' tournaments for their victory over ISIS terrorist organization."

The statement pointed out: "Through its fascist and occupational policies, the Turkish state is trying to mobilize its military forces on the borders adjacent to our regions, destabilize the security and stability of these regions and spread sectarian and clan strives."

At the end, the statement called on the international community to assume the historical and moral responsibility to limit the recurrence of massacres and abuses against humanity and women in the wounded Şengal.

Then, the activities of the sit-in tent concluded with a theatrical performance presented by the Young Woman, which simulates the reality of the Kurdish women and what they suffered during the presence of ISIS mercenaries in the region, in addition to showing videos about the martyr Hevrin Khalaf and how they targeted her and mutilated her corpse.

D.H

ANHA