Kurds take to the streets for mass hunger strike
Kurds take to the streets for mass hunger strike
Kurds are pouring out into the streets today in support of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) which announced three days ago that thousands across the country will carry out 48-hours hunger strikes under the leadership of the party on 17 and 18 November to display solidarity with fasting prisoners and the demands they have highlighted.
People who took to the streets today in the main Kurdish city Diyarbakýr were prevented from reaching the Park Orman area where the two-days hunger strike was planned to take place. Hundreds of people have therewith started sit-in in front of BDP building to protest against the police obstacle and the ban Governor put on the mass hunger strike on the grounds that it was “illegal”.
The governor has also ordered confiscation of the mass hunger strike invitation leaflets distributed in the city. Following the Governor ban, Park Orman area has been blockaded by a number of police teams who are supported by hundreds of others coming from surrounding cities for assistance.
Police authorities say that any meeting or demonstration has been denied permission by the governor.
Hundreds of people have also gathered in the provinces of Þýrnak, Istanbul,Ankara, Adana, Mersin, Konya and many others to support the “mass resistance” BDP called for to deal with the ongoing hunger strike in prisons.
Police attacked the march in Hakkari’s Yüksekova district which turned into a battlefield as hundreds of people were violently attacked with tear gas and panzers while marching to Musa Anter Park where the hunger strike was planned to take place. Following the conflict, people managed to reach the park where they were once again subjected to police attack short after starting hunger strike. Clashes are reporting to be continuing in some areas.
People who took to the streets today in the main Kurdish city Diyarbakýr were prevented from reaching the Park Orman area where the two-days hunger strike was planned to take place. Hundreds of people have therewith started sit-in in front of BDP building to protest against the police obstacle and the ban Governor put on the mass hunger strike on the grounds that it was “illegal”.
The governor has also ordered confiscation of the mass hunger strike invitation leaflets distributed in the city. Following the Governor ban, Park Orman area has been blockaded by a number of police teams who are supported by hundreds of others coming from surrounding cities for assistance.
Police authorities say that any meeting or demonstration has been denied permission by the governor.
Hundreds of people have also gathered in the provinces of Þýrnak, Istanbul,Ankara, Adana, Mersin, Konya and many others to support the “mass resistance” BDP called for to deal with the ongoing hunger strike in prisons.
Police attacked the march in Hakkari’s Yüksekova district which turned into a battlefield as hundreds of people were violently attacked with tear gas and panzers while marching to Musa Anter Park where the hunger strike was planned to take place. Following the conflict, people managed to reach the park where they were once again subjected to police attack short after starting hunger strike. Clashes are reporting to be continuing in some areas.
