Finding of The Day - Call by Academics and Intellectuals for International Solidarity

Too bad, not really changing. Maybe the new UN committement is worth something - and maybe not.

My finding of today is a little bit older already, it is a two months old, well worth being shared. I would see it some kind of representatively, in a wider sense standing for many other events in Turkey. As it has some more prominent supporters. maybe it can push forward some conscience which is desperately needed:

Call by Academics and Intellectuals for International Solidarity After the Ankara Massacre

Zeynep Gambetti Istanbul, Türkei

In the wake of the atrocious bomb attack in Ankara on October 10th that killed over a hundred demonstrators for peace, we, the undersigned academics and scholars, call on the Turkish government to account for these events, and on all governments to reconsider their relations with the Turkish government.

We believe that serious claims alleging the complicity of state agents in the perpetration of the Ankara massacre must be investigated by independent commissions, preferably under the aegis of the United Nations. All bi- and multi-lateral agreements with Turkey should be made conditional upon demonstrable efforts to end the intimidation, harassment, and murder of those who defend their basic rights. [...]

Thanks for signing - thanks for sharing if you like so, too!
And thanks for not giving up searching for what is real, and not illusion.

Have I ever mentioned that I am in heart not political at all? It's true, I ain't. The only thing I am is human, and that is why it is impossible to look away or just care for myself and cuddle up for Christmas while I am safe and warm. At the same time, it is the fight of the Kurdish people who re-minded me so strongly to not giving up standing in for what is worth and at the same time keeping up the ethic codex. Thus they gave to me, and what I am doing is only giving back a little. No one is perfect - but maybe and in several regards it looks like we all can learn quite a lot.

LoVe,
Lyn