(12 Sep 2024)
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Seattle, Washington – 11 September 2024
1. Various of people at the vigil for Ayşenur Eygi
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Juliette Majid, friend of Eygi:
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"I don’t think I’ve fully processed what happened. All I know is I feel incredibly heartbroken. But to see so many people from so many aspects of her life here, how many lives she’s touched, how many people cared just as much for her as she cared for them, it’s beautiful to see that the community has shown up for Ayşenur Eygi and that her love continues past."
3. Various of people placing flowers, holding posters, Palestinian flags
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Juliette Majid, friend of Eygi:
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"I want justice for Ayşenur and I want justice for her family and so I hope that the administration and the US government will launch an independent investigation."
7. Various of poster, Majid and Sue Han at vigil, friends embracing
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sue Han, friend of Eygi:
"I was looking around at everybody sharing stories about Ayşenur, sharing tears and hugs. And this is exactly what she would have wanted. And I know that these new relationships and friendships all sharing Ayşenur’s starting seed is the legacy that she would have wanted."
9. Various of vigil
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people turned out at a beach in Seattle for an evening vigil remembering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, the 26-year-old human rights activist from Seattle killed by the Israeli military during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week.
Many attendees wore traditional checked scarves — kaffiyehs — in support of the Palestinian cause and carried photographs of Eygi in her graduation cap. They laid roses, sunflowers or carnations at a memorial where battery-operated candles spelled out her name in the sand.
Several described becoming fast friends with her last spring during the occupied “Liberated Zone” protest against the Israel-Hamas war at the University of Washington. Yoseph Ghazal said she introduced herself as “Baklava,” a name she sometimes used on messaging apps, reflective of her love of the sweet Mediterranean dessert.
Eygi, who attended Seattle schools and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in psychology this year, helped negotiate with the administration on behalf of the protesters at the encampment, which was part of a broader campus movement against the Gaza war.
The Israeli military said Eygi was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by its soldiers, drawing criticism from American officials, including President Joe Biden, who said he was “outraged and deeply saddened” her killing.
“There must be full accountability,” Biden said in a statement released Wednesday. “And Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again.”
Several at Wednesday night’s vigil described those comments as insufficient and Israel’s promise of a criminal investigation as worthless. Eygi’s family has demanded an independent investigation.
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