Protesters Storm UK Conservatives HQ to Stop Ankara Anti-Kurdish Actions

Kurdish activists on Tuesday stormed the UK Conservative party’s headquarters in London protesting against civilians’ suffering amid fighting between Ankara forces and Kurdish militants in southeastern Turkey, local media reported, citing police.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The activists urged the British government to persuade Ankara to stop its attacks on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group, outlawed in Turkey, The Guardian newspaper reported, citing a spokesman for the protesters.

Kurdish protesters end occupation of Tory HQ after successful handover of their demands to Tories @Ruptly @RTUKnews pic.twitter.com/b7Ng2NGXcF

— Jon Scammell (@JonScammell) 5 января 2016

According to the outlet, police confirmed that protesters had broken into the building, situated near the Palace of Westminster. Police reportedly arrived at the scene around 2pm (14:00 GMT).

Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast region has recently seen renewed violence between the Turkish government forces and the PKK since mid-summer breakdown of a two-year ceasefire.

In July, Ankara initiated a military operation against the PKK in response to the escalation of terrorist attacks in southern Turkey.

Kurde gather in front of Westminster to protest Turkish attacks on Kurdish towns/civilians #twitterkurds @Hevallo pic.twitter.com/d8egowuGdf

— Sarhang Hars (@sarhangg) 5 января 2016