CHP delegation paints a dire picture of Diyarbak?r

Numerous human rights, the right to life being number one, are being violated in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, a delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has said upon its return from the city that has been the site of ongoing clashes between security forces and militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Meanwhile, doctors and paramedics working in Diyarbak?r have no inventory of the incidents that have been taking place in areas under curfew and have called for a one-day ceasefire in order to be able to reach people in need of health services, CHP's Antalya deputy Niyazi Nefi Kara, who led the group, said on Jan. 12.

"Since paramedic units are not able to get there [areas under curfew] due to clashes, what is going on there is now known. There are healthcare workers who were shot to death in the clash areas. Vaccination cannot be done, it is not known whether there are women who are giving birth and no medical intervention can be offered for newborn babies. There is no health data concerning 15 neighborhoods," Kara said.

"Therefore, doctors and healthcare providers have been asking for the declaration of a one-day ceasefire and for the lifting of the curfew, even if it is for one day, in order to reach people living there. They say that they can medically intervene in those in need and also determine the overall situation during this day. For this, the Diyarbak?r Doctors' Union and SES' [the Union of Employees in Public Health and Social Services] Diyarbak?r branch have filed applications to the governorate several times but they have been refused," he said.

"The view we have seen tore our hearts out. Although a curfew has been officially declared in six neighborhoods, it de...