Initiative for Haq is Now an Association

MAZLUMDER (Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed) was closed last year after an extraordinary general assembly but its delegates continued working as an initiative.

Arif Koçer, spokes-person of Initivate for Haq, says that another association was a necessity. “We were discharged from MAZLUMDER after a very controversial extraordinary general assembly. We either had to leave the struggle or re-form. We made a series of meetings to re-form and decided to continue the struggle with new people and new experiences,” he says.

We are going through difficult times regarding human rights’ struggle.  What would you like to say to those who do not know you?

We have been going through very difficult times regarding rights and laws. Nobody feels safe about their freedom or their property. Justice is urgently needed to bring back the feeling of safety among the society. Unless the legal system works properly, not a single improvement can be made. Law is for everyone. We invite everyone to participate in our struggle to protect basic rights and freedoms.