The Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) issued a written statement regarding the attack of the Turkish state against Martyr Rustem Cudi (Maxmur) Camp on April 15.

TEV-DEM said: "The United Nations asked for a ceasefire to be declared everywhere, especially in the Middle East, to allow a more effective fight against the coronavirus outbreak. But the truth is that these ceasefire calls for the virus, more dangerous than war, have actually been made to protect the interests of international forces."

The statement continued: "The state which attacks the will of the peoples most around the world is the Turkish state. The Turkish state carry out genocides against the Kurdish, Armenian, Syriac and Assyrian peoples. In this process, calls were made to stop attacks, but the Turkish state attacked Maxmur Camp with the support of the KDP. As a result of this attack, 3 women died, while the governments of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region remained silent."

TEV-DEM ended its statement by saying: "We condemn these attacks and bombing. We call on the governments of Baghdad and Hewler, and in particular the KDP, which keeps Maxmur Camp under embargo, to fulfill their responsibilities. The Turkish state wants to leave the people of Maxmur hungry and thirsty with this embargo. These people are civilians, not terrorists. The Turkish state turned the current crisis into an opportunity and attacked the people of Maxmur."