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Indian Film Celebs Pray For 'Peace, Humanity' In Aleppo

IANS, 15 Dec, 2016 11:20 AM
  • Indian Film Celebs Pray For 'Peace, Humanity' In Aleppo
Bollywood celebrities including Priyanka Chopra, Varun Dhawan and Esha Gupta have prayed for peace and humanity to be restored in Allepo, Syria, where renewed fighting has put at risk a truce deal to evacuate people and rebel fighters.
 
Here's what Bollywood celebrities had to say:
 
Priyanka Chopra: My heart cries for humanity. The feeling of helplessness. All lives matter. My prayers for Aleppo.
 
Varun Dhawan: Reading about the crisis in Aleppo is heartbreaking. Sad to see videos of the destruction and killings peace not pieces...pray.
 
Esha Gupta: Seeing the news all I can is pray for peace in Syria, Aleppo. I'm not religious I'm not political, I'm not Syrian but humanity is a religion.
 
Ali Fazal: Ceasefire is off.. shelling continues Aleppo.
 
Sophie Choudry: My heart cries for Aleppo. How can we stay silent? How can we allow this insane suffering? What have we become? Humanity first. Human Rights.
 
Trisha Krishnan: Aleppo... This is not our world!!! Broken.
 
Salim Merchant: Very disturbing images from Aleppo. God be with them.
 
Tamannaah Bhatia: No one in this world deserves the inhumane treatment the civilians of Aleppo are getting! Thoughts and prayers are with Aleppo.
 
Shilpa Rao: People send your love and prayers to Aleppo... Trust me we need to feel love and be loved more than ever.
 
Ritesh Batra: A tweet can get you elected president but it can do nothing to stop the shameful shit going down in Aleppo, what a World.

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