JINHA

ŞIRNAK - Civil rights lawyer Margaret Owen conducted an examination in the city of Cizre. She was shocked by what she saw.

“A half-meter ditch and a piece of cloth save people’s lives here,” Margaret said.

A human rights committee has been examining what happened in the city of Cizre due to state terror on September 4-13. Advocates of human and women’s rights in England, including Dr. Shatha Besarani and lawyers Melanie Ginger and Margaret Owen from the International Women’s Delegation, came to the city of Cizre to investigate violations of rights and to write a report.

Lawyer Margaret Owen has investigated many war zones. She has attended women’s meetings of the European Union and she is known for her observations of women’s rights after war. She went to Rojava (Western Kurdistan) last year and shared her observations with many media organizations.

We talked about the city of Cizre with Margaret.

“When I saw that place, I was shocked. Bullets and rockets have ruined every house. The state killed women, children and civilians. Local people are smiling at life again from between the ruined houses,” Margaret said.

We asked, “How will you describe this place when you return to your country?”

“There are scars of an initiative of occupation here, like what I saw in Rojava. There are not many differences between the two of them. A reckless power assaults people, and the people try to defend themselves,” Margaret answered. “The whole world should know what happens here; everybody should hear the children who play in this ruined place. International judicial authority should be brought into action. We are trying to do our best as the friends of the people of Kurdistan.”

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