Several European youth organisations have issues a petition entitled The Violation of Human Rights of Kurds in Turkey Must End Now!

The signatories condemned the Turkish government’s “full-blown attack against the Kurdish population” and curfews that led to killings of innocent civilians and demanded the following:

• an immediate ceasefire between the Turkish government and the Kurds in the Turkish Parts;
• a retreat of the Turkish army from areas populated by civilians;
• an international monitoring and peace-keeping mission in Turkey’s South-East region;
• an international independent investigation into human rights violations in Turkey’s South-East region.

The organisations that signed the petition are: IYDU- International Young Democrat Union, IUSY- International Union of Socialist Youth, DEMYC- Democrat Youth Community of Europe, YES- Young European Socialists, Federation of Young European Greens and Federation of Young European Greens, supported by the EYF – European Youth Forum.

For a full text of the petition, please follow this link.