DİYARBAKIR- Peace Mothers who were taken under custody by the police in a brutal way, said they will keep supporting this strike since hunger strikes are a matter of conscience after they were released.
Makbule Özbek(80) who spoke in a press statement held in İHD building expressed why she did a hunger strike.
Özbek who underlined that supporting Leyla Güven or any other political prisoner is a matter of conscience and no one has to call on for support in these matters for her to support them.
Özbek said: “They flew at me when they were trying to get me under custody. We were hearing the youth screaming. They were clearly being battered.”
Özbek stating that they went there for peace said: “The isolation on Öcalan must be lifted. The peace talks must continue.”
Another Peace Mother who was taken under custody Rahime İnce said: “ We were the peace mothers in the Human’s Rights week but they took us all under custody. We did nothing wrong. We heard Leyla’s action. She is a mother as well.She started this hunger strike because she did not want the children to die. That’S why we supported.We were almost 10 mothers. A hundred police came to get us. We were brought to the polce station with our socks. They didn’t even let us put our shoes on. The isolation must be lifted. The demands of Leyla Güven must be met.”