KCK calls on all Kurdistan people to rise up everywhere

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Thousands continue the march to Cizre despite attacks

Thousands of people are continuing their march from İdil to Cizre district of Şırnak from two sides despite the ongoing attacks and hindrances by Turkish security forces.

Attacks of thousands of riot police brought from Amed and Ankara haven't been able to hinder the march as people are walking on mountains and rural areas to reach Cizre where crackdown and heavy attacks by Turkish state forces continue claiming the lives of civilians.

Bombs fired by police have started a fire in the area, which still continues.

Kurdish politicians from HDP, HDK, DTK and DBP do in the meantime resume their march towards İdil-Cizre road. Police teams are coming after the mass who remain determined to reach Cizre today.

Eight civilians killed in Cizre last night

It has come out that at least eight civilians were killed by state terror in Şırnak's Cizre district last night which witnessed intense attacks with heavy weapons and tanks against Nur, Cudi and Yafes neighborhoods.

HDP Mardin deputy Mehmet Ali Aslan who is currently in Cizre told stated at least 8 people, all of them being civilians, were killed in last night's attacks by Turkish state fores. While many other people were wounded, the death toll is feared to be higher, Aslan said.

HDP deputy told the followings as to what happened yesterday night long; "Artillery and tank attacks did not stop throughout the night, security forces blew up all the power transformers, since when electricity remains cut off all across the district. Epidemic illnesses are about to spread as garbage remains uncollected on the streets for days now. Snipers have been positioned on mosque minarets."

Mardin deputy Mehmet Ali Aslan urged human rights organizations and the United Nations to take immediate action on Cizre, warning that similar massacres could take place all across Kurdistan if not intervened and stopped in Cizre.

Describing the attacks on civilians in Cizre as an annihilation policy, Aslan underlined that all those massacred in the district were civilians.

Noting that deputies in the district have been mobilized and separated into four groups, Aslan said all neighborhoods have been targeted by artillery attacks of security forces.

Aslan added that Turkish state forces also hindered the repair of water supply networks, and warned that people would die of hunger and thirst if the situation continued like this.

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KCK calls upon all Kurdistan people to rise up everywhere

KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Presidency has released a statement calling for total resistance against the increasingly ongoing terror by Turkish state forces in Northern Kurdistan, the Kurdish region in Turkey.

Stressing that the people of Cizre should be supported in the same way the the resistance in Kobanê was supported, KCK called on the people to to act in line with the the Kurdistan People's Initiative's call for a long freedom march to Cizre, highlighting support to this call issued in solidarity with the people of the town under attack by Turkish state forces.

Describing the situation in Bakurê (Northern) Kurdîstan and Turkey as an attack to make the Kurdish people surrender, KCK recalled that 5 to 6 civilians were being killed every day for the last one and a half month during which a number of towns in the region have been demolished and destroyed by heavy weapon attacks.

Pointing to the huge siege and attack on the town of Cizre Botan, one of the major centers of resistance in Kurdistan history, KCK stated that snipers positioned on high buildings are shooting civilians that go out, while Turkish forces bombed neighborhoods and streets with heavy weapons, which didn't allow the locals to go our for a five minute even to meet their basic needs.

"Attacks aim to make the people surrender by both killing them and depriving them of food and water. The majority of those killed and wounded is made up by women and children. The Turkish state is not committed to any moral or social values. It even disobeys its own laws and therefore blatantly perpetrates any kind of persecution and attack. The silence of the world also encourages and plays a role in the execution of these attacks."

Remarking that all Kurdistan people faced a major duty in the face of the current situation, KCK said the Kurdish people in four parts of Kurdistan, those in Europe, Armenia and Russia as well, must immediately rise up everywhere they live and display solidarity with their kins subjected to massacre, persecution and repression.

KCK underlined that all democratic and revolutionary forces in Turkey, Middle East and the world should also rise up to avoid being being a party to this persecution in Kurdistan, adding; “The people of Cizre should be supported in the same way the the resistance in Kobanê was supported. It is time to rise up and stand by the people of Bakurê (Northern) Kurdîstan, the people of Cizre in the first place.