ANKARA - HDP MP Nuran İmir asked the Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül whether an investigation was conducted into the death of Cemile Çağırga (10-year-old), who was killed during the curfew in Cizre and for which the local court gave a ‘’permanent search’’ warrant.

 

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak MP Nuran İmir submitted a parliamentary question to the Speakership of Parliament regarding Cemile Çağırga (10-year-old), who was shot in the yard of house during the curfews implemented on September 4-12, 2015, in Cizre district. In the parliamentary question, it was stated that Cemile’s funeral was kept in the fridge for three days and the perpetrators were not prosecuted.

 

‘File was left to the statute of limitations’

 

In the parliamentary question stated: ‘’In the investigation launched into the death of 10-year-old Cemile Çağırga, who was shot and killed in front of her house and whose lifeless body was kept in the fridge, it was alleged that the perpetrators could not be identified, and a permanent search warrant was taken, and the file was left to the statute of limitations.’’

 

It was also emphasized that the statute of limitations on the investigation file opened against Cemile’s perpetrators, despite the passing of six years after the incident, is not only a law but also a crime against humanity.

In the parliamentary question, it was stated that ‘’In order to prevent these sufferings from happening again in this geography, the law should be processed in a transparent manner and the perpetrators should be revealed immediately.’’