Urgent call for Sur
DİYARBAKIR (DİHA) - Diyarbakir branch of DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) has called for urgent action for the people of central Sur district which remains under a heavy siege and onslaught for 22 days.
In a related statement, DBP Diyarbakir provincial organisation co-chair Ali Şimşek stressed that attacks by state forces in Sur are getting more violent, adding; “Bodies of slain civilians cannot be taken out of the curfew area. Those wounded, on the other hand, cannot receive treatment. The siege and onslught continues with heavy arms and houses are being targeted by tank strikes and artillery fire.”
'Step up resistance to break siege'
Describing the situation in Sur district, the heart of Diyarbakir, as savagery, Şimşek warned against an imminent massacre, and called attention to the essentiality of stepping up the resistance in order to break the siege. Şimşek called upon the people of Diyarbakir to go into urgent action tonight to stop mass killings.
City at foot
After the call for urgent action, thousands of people took streets in the city, making noise in order to protest the siege. The mass of people are chanting slogans of "Murderer state", "Kurdistan will be graveyard for fascism" and "Long live resistance of Sur" in the balconies and streets.
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