Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) representative in America has expressed "serious concern about attacks on the democratic demonstrations in Amed". In a press release BDP in the USA stated that the recent "Democratic Struggle for Freedom demonstration organized by Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and Democratic Society Congress (DTK) on July 14, 2012 in Diyarbakir (Amed), Turkey was both banned and violently suppressed by Turkish security forces. Demonstrators gathered to deliver a clear message to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) that the Kurdish issue can only be solved by peaceful means and through the restarting of negotiations with the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish political movement, Mr. Abdullah Ocalan. Turkish security forces confronted peaceful demonstrators with violence as many were detained and hundreds were injured, including many Kurdish deputies from the National Assembly".

The press release also called on the "Turkish government to put an end to the use of force if it sincerely wishes to solve the Kurdish issue. The ruling government AKP should take immediate steps to end the isolation of Mr. Ocalan and free him by initiating sincere peace talks to resolve the Kurdish issue. Negotiations between Mr. Ocalan and State officials stalled one year ago in the wake of the national elections in July 2011 in Turkey".