Turkish aggression: Rape and stoned, farewell to Kurdish politician

Despite fighting, it was impossible for them not to say their last goodbye to the 35-year-old. Her death on a path between Hasakah and Qamishli was a cruel test of the present destabilisation of the region. Khalafin, a strong woman, a civil rights activist devoted to protecting the weak, was known by everyone in Qamishli, Kobaan and Raqqa.

She had learned English at a very young age, had become an engineer, and was devoted to helping women.

The “was always present at meetings with foreign delegations. Elite and cautiously, there were direct relations with American and European diplomats “, her associates say.

Local social media discovered frightening details about the death of politicians. Some seem to have been the victim of a well - planned reception. Hevrin was beginning to attend a meeting in Hasakah with several activists from the new party, with a secretary general, “The Syrian Future Party”.

But on her car she was shot with a machine gun. The driver and one of the associates were immediately killed. The 35-year-old was dragged and raped before she was stoned in the middle of the street. It is widely thought that the perpetrators are pro-Turkish paramilitary forces operating in the region. /tch