DİYARBAKIR - Stating that journalists welcomed January 10 Working Journalists Day under detention and arrestment rush, Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform, said “We are aware of that we need to act with solidarity and expand our resistance for truth in such an environment that 165 journalist are arrestee, at least 10 000 thousand people unemployed and those who are 'outside' are always under threat of attack.”

 

Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform made a written statement for January 10 Working Journalists Day. In the statement made by the Platform, it is pointed that they welcomed January 10 Working Journalists Day under detention and arrestment rush, and said “January 10 Working Journalists Day is unfortunately far away from being a celebrated day for us. We are aware of that we need to act with solidarity and expand our resistance for truth in such an environment that 165 journalist are arrestee, at least 10 000 thousand people unemployed and those who are 'outside' are always under threat of attack.”

 

'Journalism for Truth'

 

The statement continued as follows: “Opponent journalists wanted to be discouraged by ‘one type’ society, which is wanted to create government and ‘one type media’, which helps to the government. Our news are shown as ‘evidence’ and we stand trial. We know despite all pressures and attacks that the only way to get rid of this darkness is journalism, which will done with solidarity and resistance.”

 

‘We will be the voice of those, who get a hoarse voice’

 

Emphasizing that journalism insistance will continue despite all pressures, it is stated, “We will continue to write and say the truth for citizen, for labors, who wanted them to shot up on Yüksel avenue, for the prisoners on Hunger strike, women subjected to violence and whoever wanted themselves to shot up.”

 

‘We are the witness of journalism of Şerife’

 

“We will always scream with the same determination that our journalism is not a crime, and keep our camera and our pen side with truth. For this reason January 10 Working Journalists Day is a day for us to renew our determination that we will continue to struggle rather than celebrate. We are witness of our colleagues’ journalism although the government try to make name and shame. We also wanted to state that we are witness of Dicle News Agency (DİHA), closed by statutory decree, reporter Şerife Oruç, who is arrestee since July 15 2016 and she will be on the court trial tomorrow.”