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Date published: 8 August 2019 10:04
Modified On: 8 August 2019 10:24

Support Rises for #freedemirtas Campaign

A social media campaign has been launched for Selahattin Demirtaş, the former HDP Co-Chair who has been behind bars for almost three years. Thousands of messages of support and solidarity are posted under the hashtag #freedemirtas.

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Support Rises for #freedemirtas Campaign

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A campaign has been launched on social media for Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned former Co-Chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Launched under the hashtag #freedemirtas, the campaign is supported by thousands of people including politicians, rights defenders and citizens.

Organized by the "Freedom to Demirtaş Initiative", the campaign started at 6 p.m. in Turkey local time on August 6.

The initiative has asked everyone who wants to join the campaign to post a message of support under the hashtag #freedemirtas.

Arrested on November 4, 2016, Selahattin Demirtaş has been behind bars in Edirne Type F Closed Prison since then.

Writer Wallraff from Germany also expressed support

Among the ones who have expressed support for Demirtaş on social media is also writer and researcher Günter Wallraff from Germany.

Sharing a photo on his social media account, holding a placard with #freedemirtas written on it, Wallraff has written in Turkish, "Günter Wallraff supports the #freedemirtas campaign."

Another social media post that has attracted a great deal of attention is the one posted with the picture of Selahattin Demirtaş's mother Sadiye Demirtaş.

Some of the messages posted under the hashtag are as follows:

Journalist and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) former MP Barış Yarkadaş: "#freeDemirtas Needless to say anything further"

"#freeDemirtas You are a sun shining in the country of hopes"

Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair lawyer Eren Keskin: "Freedom to my dear friend #freedemirtas"

"Cem Özdemir... German Greens Federal Parliamentary MP and former Chair... #FreeDemirtas"

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of Selahattin Demirtaş: "#freeDemirtas"

Daily BirGün columnist Nazım Alpman: "#freeDemirtas My new article is on daily BirGün..."

Journalist Nurcan Baysal: "We want the freedom of this beautiful man! #freeDemirtas" 

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https://bianet.org/haber/support-rises-for-freedemirtas-campaign-211467
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