KurdishMedia.com
27/08/2010
Members of the Kurdistani community in the UK have organised an event in front of the Iraqi Embassy in London to protest against the individuals and groups who took part in the 31 August 1996 conflict between the PUK and KDP/Iraqi authorities. On this day the KDP, led by Massuad Barzani, with the help of Saddam Hussein’s army occupied Kurdistan’s regional capital, Arbil, and pushed the PUK, led by Jalal Talabani, forces outside the Iraqi Kurdistan border, hundreds of people were killed and many more were displaced, disappeared and wounded, the fate of many still not known despite having a strategic agreement between these two forces, PUK and KDP.
The objectives of the protest were outlined in a communiqué which KurdishMedia.com has received a copy. The group calling themselves “Chatri Azadi” or “The Freedom Umbrella”, demand legislating a special law, presumably by the Kurdistan Parliament, to bring those who were involved into justices; compensate those who lost out as the result; and investigating the fate of those who disappeared.
The group also demand the KRG authorities stop, what they term as, “attacks on free media and the rights of citizens of Kurdistan”.
One of the organisers of the event Mr M. Ali told KurdishMedia.com that no political organisation backs the event, albeit everyone welcomes to join. We wanted the event to coincide with its anniversary which is 31 August, he added. “The perpetrators are still at large and some enjoy high positions in the KRG authorities,” Mr Ali elaborated.
Where: Embassy of Republic Of Iraq, 3 Elvaston Place, London SW7 5QH
nearst tube station: Gloucester Road
When: Tuesday, 31st August 2010 from 12:00 noon to 14:00 pm
