​​​​​​​HRO looks for new mechanisms to sue Turkey for mutilating Barin Kobani

 The attacks of the Turkish occupation state and its mercenaries on northern and eastern Syria showed the extent of their brutality in committing crimes against the people of the region and women in particular, amidst international silence.

 During their occupation attack on Afrin on January 20, 2018, the army of the Turkish occupation state and its mercenaries committed a brutal crime against the female fighter in the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), Barin Kobani, who appeared with her comrades among the fighters in the People's and Women's Protection Units (YPG-YPJ) and the people of  Afrin;  unparalleled heroic resistance.

 After her martyrdom, the body of the fighter Barin fell into the hands of the occupation army and its mercenaries in Bulbulah district, on February 1, 2018, when the mercenaries mutilated her body, to fulfill a saying she had always said, namely: "These mercenaries are against humanity."

 On the fifth anniversary of the martyrdom of the fighter Barin Kobani, the administrator of the Human Rights Organization in Jazira region, Avin Jumaa, confirmed that the "heinous crime" that was committed against Barin Kobani, is considered a war crime according to international humanitarian law, and she said: "Many human rights organizations have condemned the crime, and it has been monitored and documented in a special file."

Avin stressed that the perpetrators of these crimes must be held accountable before international courts, "as a war crime committed during the occupation attack on Afrin, with the aim of terrorizing civilians. This is also another crime that caused the forced displacement of the indigenous population, so it requires accountability before international courts."

 When asked about filing any lawsuit against the Turkish occupation state and its mercenaries regarding the case of the martyr Barin Kobani, Avin explained, "We tried more than once to file a lawsuit before the Turkish courts, because filing it before the Human Rights Court must pass through the local courts first; but it did not. It was not possible to file such lawsuits in Turkey, not even inside Syria," explaining, "Turkey is not bound by the International Criminal Court Convention."

 It also indicated that there are obstacles;  It hinders filing lawsuits against the Turkish occupation state.

 According to Avin, the organization is looking for other mechanisms to file a lawsuit, as "the legal study is being conducted to find different ways."

With regard to the role of women's organizations in such cases and files, Avin indicated that simply denouncing such a crime "is not enough," and said that: "it is necessary to initiate a lawsuit before the Human Rights Court and international courts in order to demand the prosecution of the perpetrators of this crime, noting that  the perpetrators filmed themselves directly with the body while mutilating it.”

 The fighter Barin Kobani, her real name (Amina Omar), opened her eyes to life in 1988 in the village of Qaar Kalbin in Aleppo of a patriotic family of 5 sisters and 3 brothers. In 2014, she joined the Women's Protection Units, to be martyred during the first phase of the Resistance of the Age in Afrin.

 It is worth noting that the martyr Barin Kobani is not the first to be represented by the Turkish occupation, as the same crime was committed against the former Secretary-General of the Future Syria Party, the martyr Hevrin Khalaf, in October 2019.

 Turkey's mercenaries also  mutilated the body of the female fighter in the Women's Protection Units, Amara Renas, who was martyred on October 21, 2019 in the village of Al-Jalabiya in the countryside of Kobani, while carrying out her duty to defend her homeland against the Turkish occupation.

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