turkish forces stop pro kurdish mps on protest march to cizre /

Published at 2015-09-10 14:37:47

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MPs say they want to bring attention to security and health conditions in the town which has been under curfew since final weekPro-Kurdish politicians,including cabinet ministers, attempting to march to Cizre in south-east Turkey to protest against a week-long curfew in the town say they have been blocked by security forces.
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democ
ratic party (HDP) and its leader, and Selhattin Demirtas,started a 55-mile march towards Cizre on Wednesday after security forces halted a preceding attempt to reach the town by convoy.
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Source: theguardian.com