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From: newsdesk at mit.hacktic.nl (Newsdesk Amsterdam)

 Kurdistan Information Centre
 11 Portland Gardens
 London N4 1HU
 Tel:081-8801759
 Fax:081-8029963

 7 January 1993
 Pressrelease

                 3.500 KURDISH VILLAGERS FACE STARVATION

 For the past week, Turkish security forces have prevented any suplies
 from reaching the 7 villages of Dersev (Altkemer), Meydin (Seslice),
 Karne ( Gunedogmus), Sorefi (Boyanbey), Dasatdele (Kirrikuyu), Basret
 (Inciler), Oro (Kapanli) between Sirnak and Cizre. "Village guards" in
 the first three of these villages gave up their postst two months ago,
 refusing to continue fighting other Kurds on behalf of the Turkish
 state. No foodstuffs are reaching the villagers and the army are
 justifying the embargo saying the villagers are giving food to the
 geurrillas of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party). The combined population
 of the villages is approximately 3.500.

 BOY SHOT BY TROOPS

 5 January 1993. In Bestin (G
r
ml
) village near Silopi a 16 Year old
 shepherd, Abdulmenaf Bahsis, was shot by Turkish troops and seriously
 injured. After the shooting 60-70 villagers marched on the military
 garrison in protest.

 VILLAGERS INTIMIDATED

 In the vicinty of the town of Eruh in Siirt province, villagers are
 being used as forced labour to rebuild a military post damaged by a
 geurrilla attack. The villagers report that they are under constant
 military surveillance and are harassed to become "village guards".

 PAPERBOYS ATTACKED

 In Diyarbakir Ali Ihsan Kaya (19) was attacked by six people with clubs
 and knives while distributing the pro-Kurdish paper GUNDEM. In hospital,
 police who came to take his statement beat him so badly that some of his
 stitches were burst.

 Also in Diyarbakir Enver Yakut (15) was threatened by plain clothes
 police and his papers confiscated, and Hamit Yakut (13) was beaten up.
 He had previously been threatened.

 Police protection for newspapersellers in Diyarbakir has been withdrawn
 by order of the interior ministry.

 In Batman, Shirin Ates (12) and Islam Nahirci (11) were beaten up and
 had their newspapers confiscated.


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