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The women who gathered yesterday in Kadıköy, despite the rain, with the convocation of the Istanbul Women’s Platform on March 8, where a large number of women’s organizations participate, said in unison: “We will shake the world. We will win our freedom, ”he shouted. There was tension between the group and the police after the meeting. Many people were arrested by dragging her.
Surrounding the dock square with barricades, the police did not want to let in the rainbow-colored flags. It was indicated that the police tried to prevent the LGBTI + cortege from entering the area and after the tension, the blockade attempt was overcome and the area was entered.
After the action, when LGBTI + people who wanted to leave the area were taken out of the taxi and detained, the women reacted. Nine LGBTI + activists were arrested on charges of “resisting the officer on duty.”
A photojournalist who filmed the police intervention was detained with backhand handcuffs. The moments when the police dragged the protesters across the ground were also reflected on the cameras.
According to the statement by ÇHD Istanbul Branch, the detainees were taken to court with an arrest request:
“The women arrested during the March 6 protest in Kadıköy were taken to the Anatolian Palace of Justice. The prosecution referred all of them to the justice of the peace criminal justice, demanding that they be arrested without taking their statements. We went to court to interrogation “.
PLATFORM MARCH 8: EXPLANATION OF THE DISTRICT’S LIE
On the other hand, the following statement was made about the people detained by the Kadıköy District Governorate:
“On 06.03.2021, a press release was held in Kadıköy Rıhtım Square at 4:00 p.m., in the framework of the organization of the March 8 Women’s Platform and various women’s organizations, regarding the” 8 March March International Women’s Day. “The LGBTI group of 20 people who wanted to pass the checkpoint showed resistance by preventing the work of the security forces. Faced with the resistance of the same group during the dispersions, 9 people who resisted to prevent the security forces from fulfilling their duty, and the judicial processes continue. “
In the March 8 Women’s Platform post about said statement, the statement was denied and stated the following:
“The statement shared by the Kadıköy district governor is completely a lie! Our friends were arrested under torture, not during resistance, while trying to return home by taxi.”
