Activists in Switzerland demonstrate in support of women’s resistance in Rojhilat and Iran
Women in Switzerland protested against the murder of the Kurdish woman Jîna (Mahsa) Amini by the Iranian “moral police”. Women who are protesting against the Iranian state system with the actions in the cities of Basel and Aarau will demonstrate for the same purpose in the city of Zurich on Saturday, September 24th.
BASEL
Ronahî Women’s Council organized a march in Basel. Dozens of women gathered at Claraplatz and marched to the market square, where the Basel cantonal parliament is located, accompanied by the slogans “Jin, jiyan, azadi” and “Bijî berxwedana Rojhilat”. The canton’s population supported the march with applause.
The women condemned the murder of Jîna Amini and supported the ongoing resistance in Iran and Rojhilat.
The Ronahî Women’s Council statement emphasized that women’s freedom struggle will liberate society and resistance will grow. Women stressed that the women-led resistance in Rojhilat Kurdistan has deeply shaken the current system.
ARAU
The women gathered at Aaru station square and held a rally. The action, in which candles were lit for all the women murdered in the person of Jina Amini, began with a minute’s silence.
Dilan Çetinkaya said on behalf of the Aarau Women’s Assembly: “Today we do not mourn, we revolt. We are here to be the voice of the murdered women in the person of Jina Amini. A resistance that started in Rojhilat and is now spreading around the world.”
Tomorrow, Saturday, women in Zurich are holding a march sponsored by the Swiss Kurdish Women’s Association (YJK-S) and women’s organizations with the slogan “We are the voice of Jina”.