Kurdish, Armenian, and other Southwest Asian and Northern African community members were in attendance, along with various human rights organizations and community coalitions.

The protest, organized by the Rojava Solidarity Committee of Los Angeles and the Armenian Youth Federation, called for: a fair and independent investigation of the death of Tahir Elçi, a fair and independent investigation of the death of Hrant Dink, Sevag Balikci, and all other minority hate crimes in Turkey, stopping government sanctioned massacres of minorities including lifting the sieges on Kurdish cities, stopping the bombing of guerilla camps, and stopping support of terror groups in Syria. They also demanded that the United States government stop its support of the Turkish government – banning all arms sales to the AKP government, lifting the ban on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and suspending Turkey from the North American Trade Organization (NATO).

The Rojava Solidarity Committee of Los Angeles released a statement following the protest, reading: “The tragic murders of Tahir Elci and Hrant Dink have brought the Armenian and Kurdish communities together in LA, along with other progressive defenders of human rights. This unity is exactly what we need for for winning our fight – both the fight for the freedom of oppressed peoples facing violence from the Turkish state, and against the US government that has been militarily and diplomatically supporting the Turkish state”.