(Firat News Agency)

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SULAIMANI — Women from Afrin who have settled in the Berxwedan Camp in Shehba Canton, which is in the north part of Aleppo province, made a press statement to protest the treatment of the local populace in Afrin by the Turkish military and their rebel allies.

A representative of the group, Emîna Mele Hesen, called on the international community and law organizations to fulfill their responsibilities.

Monitoring groups, such as Human Rights Watch, have accused the Turkish military and the Free Syrian Army of looting, destroying property, preventing the free movement of displaced persons, and blocking aid to those in need.

Additionally, there have been numerous media reports of the forced conversion, rape, sexual assault, torture, and murder of the local population by Turkish and rebel forces.

Recalling these acts against the people of Afrin, Emîna said; “We call on human conscience to not remain silent in the face of these happenings. The Turkish state has forcibly displaced the people of Afrin from their homes and lands in the wake of all-out attacks based on technical superiority.”

“The Turkish state has occupied our living areas, carried out barbaric attacks against the peoples and started to employ policies to change the demography of the region,” she added.

(NRT/Firat News Agency)