Thousands of human shields, including BDP district and provincial chairs and mayors came Diyarbakýr, Batman, Siirt, Urfa, Mardin and their districts, gathered in Balveren district of Þýrnak. The demonstrators, led by the Peace Mothers Initiative, started to walk towards the border to stop the aerial attacks and increasing military operations in Federal Kurdistan Region. The demonstrators were after a while later blocked with armed military vehicles by soldiers of the Borders Post.

Peace Mothers Initiative, carrying a banner ‘We are walking for resistance against fascism’, made a statement here. Initiative Member Bedriye Ertak said the followings; “We are the human shields against the prevention of Ocalan’s meeting with his lawyers, military operations and the aerial attack. We condemn the bombing carried out while we are demanding peace. Even if they arrest or kill all of us, we will not return until the operations are ended.”

Human shields keep waiting before the soldiers’ barricade.