Sherine Hassan: No return to Afrin as occupation continues

Kongra Star spokeswoman in Afrin canton, Sherine Hassan, confirmed that the return to occupied Afrin is conditional on the end of the occupation, and stressed the need to strengthen women's organization as an essential factor to liberate the occupied canton.

4 September, 2021 08:00

AL-SHAHBA -LORIN LEYLA

Kongra Star for the canton of Afrin held its annual meeting on August 31^st, under the slogan "Raising the level of women's struggle is to ensure the freedom of Leader Abo", at the Culture and Art Center in the district of Shahba events. Where the meeting was attended by 150 delegates, they evaluated the work and activities of the year.

Kongra Star spokeswoman in Afrin canton, Sherine Hassan, spoke to ANHA agency about the annual meeting of Kongra Star.

'Escalating women's struggle is a guarantee of freedom for Leader Abo'

Kongra Star spokeswoman in Afrin canton, Sherine Hassan, referred to Kongra Star's work and activities over a year, and said, "Under the slogan of raising the level of women's struggle is to ensure the freedom of Leader Abo"; Our annual meeting was held with the attendance of 150 female and male delegates, and the topics that were touched upon in the meeting were the views of Leader Apo, the annual report, displacement, and the co-chairmanship system. In addition to the struggle to return to Afrin.

The meeting discussed displacement and the policy of the occupying Turkish state and the siege of the Damascus Government on IDPs. In this context, she said, "The Turkish state has reached the point of collapse due to its racist policy, so it attacks the achievements of the Kurdish people wherever they are found. They want to commit genocide against the Kurdish people by the state. Turkish.

The Kurdish people and Kurdish women in the four parts of Kurdistan are engaged in an unprecedented struggle against the policy of genocide, and the siege policy imposed by the Baathist regime on Afrin IDPs is carried out according to the same concept.

Sherine Hassan stated that the main topic of the meeting was the co-chairmanship system, free equal life and women's training, and continued, "For us, the displaced from Afrin, the main point is self-training and women's education. In this context, we discussed in detail the issue of training, the co-chairmanship system, and free equal life, which will be discussed in detail in the councils and communes of Afrin IDPs, and in other councils and communes such as al-Shahba.

Kongra Star spokeswoman in Afrin canton, Sherine Hassan, explained that the struggle of returning to Afrin was the topic of their meeting and said, "For us, the displaced from Afrin, every moment of resistance that we live in the camps is for the sake of returning to Afrin, however, it was mentioned in our meeting that returning to Afrin It will take place at the level of real power and self-organization, and as long as the occupation continues in Afrin, our return to Afrin will not be achieved. Our return will be against the murderous mentality of the Turkish state's mercenaries. Thus, the struggle of Afrin women against this mentality will be achieved through revenge, resistance and self-organization."

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ANHA