DCでの抗議の座り込み

http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=11890

（Vigil held for northern Kurdistan in DC, demonstrators threatened

4/4/2006 KurdishMedia.com より）

Staff from the Turkish embassy came to the site of the vigil to take pictures of the demonstrators. After arriving on foot and departing, they returned in a vehicle with diplomatic plates. A verbal confrontation ensued, and the staff from the Turkish embassy stated to the demonstrators, “We will get you” and “We will take care of you.” A demonstrator remarked to KurdishMedia.com that it was the first time since arrival to the US well over a decade ago that this person had experienced politically-motivated threats at such an event.

トルコ大使館員ってのは高等教育を受けた、それなりに視野の広い、知識人の括りに入るようなトルコ人なのかと思っていたが。まあ日本の場合も似たり寄ったりだし、こんなものか。

↓そして欧米でなされているこの度の暴動関連の報道がごく僅かだとして、では日本ではどうかといえば、そんなニュース全く耳に入ってこないし。イスタンブルでクルドゲリラによる爆弾テロがあった、というのはTVで見たけど。その発端となったディヤルバクルの騒乱や背景についてはまずもって何も報じられていないのでは？

The vigil sought to honor the victims of recent violence in northern Kurdistan and raise awareness of the plight of the Kurds of the region. While the tragic events in Amed (Diyarbakir) and elsewhere in northern Kurdistan have mobilized Kurds worldwide, with demonstrations of solidarity taking part in Suleimani, Iraqi Kurdistan as well as Qamishlo in Syrian Kurdistan and Iranian Kurdistan, mainstream Western media coverage of these events has remained minimal.