Kurdistan Defense Forces will defend the existence and freedom of Yazidi community, KCK statement.‏

TO OUR PEOPLES AND THE PUBLIC OPINION


On the 14th of August 2007, our Yazidi people in the Shiba and Shex
Khidir villages of Shingal suffered a bloodthirsty massacre in which
450 of Yazidi Kurds lost their lives. We vehemently condemn the
perpetrators of this massacre and remember with respect the victims of
the massacre.


KCK declared as martyrs those who had lost their lives in the 14
August Shingal massacre and decided to embalm their memory by
enhancing the freedom struggle.


The Yezidi Kurds have suffered numberless massacre and genocides
throughout history. The massacres have been carried out with the aim
of eliminating a community, a culture, and a belief. But the Yazidi
Kurds have never bowed to all these massacre decrees and have always
resisted in the Shingal mountain to defend their honor. The Kurdish
People¹s Leader, Leader APO as well as our Freedom Movement have
always revered the existence and freedom of Yazidi community whose
history is full of great resistances against genocides, expatriations,
and suppressions; We have struggled hard to ensure the longevity and
freedom of this great resistance culture and belief, at any cost.


Once again, , in another August, the Shingal Mountains are
representing a great honor and resistance. The Kurds will never forget
the massacre perpetrated by ISIS. History has shown again and again
that without self-organization and self-defense no nation and no
community could guarantee their existence. Leader APO has reiterated
this fact time and again. History has showed it to us, though with
great sufferings. From now on, the Yazidi Kurds will not only
organized themselves but also establish their own self-defense force.
Kurdistan Defense Forces, that is, HPG, YJA-Star, YPG, YPJ, and YRK,
will continue their heroic resistance devotedly to defend the
existence of the Yazidi people and materialize their freedom. No
bandit group and no predatory-genocider force can avert it. The Kurds
in the four parts of Kurdistan and in diaspora should give a helping
hand to the resistance of Yazidi community and support them by
mobilizing all their assets. Like any other community, the Yazidi
Kurds should know that their entity and freedom depends on the extent
to which they organize themselves, resist, and achieve self-awareness.
Therefore, all the Yazidi Kurds should either take part in the
resistance front or, if not possible, give their hearts and their
available resources. The resistance of the Kurdish Freedom Movement
and that of our Yazidi people are the resistance of all beliefs,
cultures, and the oppressed.


Once again we condemn the Shingal massacre, bow respectfully before
the memory of our martyrs, salute our people¹s resistance and
reiterate our oath of enhancing our struggle for defending the free
and honorable existence of Shingal.


13 August 2014
Co-presidency of KCK Executive Council