09-01-2010
Behdinan – The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) declared in a statement, that the Kurds should defend themselves against the ‘provocations’ of Turkey and Iran reports ANF. The PKK said that the Turkish government is trying to eliminate the PKK and the Kurdish people by pressuring them, referring to the closure of the DTP-party and mass arrests of Kurdish politicians. “If the assimilation policies and the lynch attempts do not stop, the Kurds will defend themselves,” the PKK said. According to the PKK, the Kurdish population would not be responsible for the results, if anything happened. The PKK also criticized the Iranian government for executing the PJAK-member Fesih Yasamini (28) and bombing the border regions, which killed Kurdish border inhabitants. Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan . Yasamini was the second Kurdish activist executed in Iran in recent months. At least 17 other activists are on death row.
