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Kurdish Community In Diaspora Rises in Support Of Iranian Kurdistan

Report by: pdki.org

The Kurdish community in diasporas organized peaceful protests in front of the foreign offices of dozen western countries on Thursday, August 11urgeing them to press the Iranian government on its ill-treatment of Kurds in Iran in general and its latest crack-down on Kurdish protesters in Kurdish cities of Iran in the last few weeks.

In their series of protests, a large crowd of Kurdish resident of Ontario and Quebec gathered in front of the Canadian foreign affairs building to urge their government in Ottawa to use all its means to stop the regime in Iran from killing innocent Kurdish civilians. 

People from the cities of London, Kitchener and Toronto drove all the way to the nation’s capital to make their voice heard.  There were a lot of Kurdish flogs along with pictures of regime’s brutalities of torture and humiliation on young Kurdish activists.  They were also holding numerous placards condemning regime’s policies in regards to Kurds in Iran, favouring regime change in Iran and respecting rights of Kurds in a free and democratic Iran.

The event started with the Kurdish national anthem, and moment of silent for the martyrs of Kurdistan especially the latest victims of these barbaric actions of the regime of Islamic Republic in Iran in Kurdish cities.  The crowd chanted slogans all-along denouncing regime’s actions in Kurdistan.

Then, a delegation of protesters was escorted into the foreign affairs building, where Canadian officials greeted them.  The delegation presented its resolution to the foreign affairs officials to be delivered to the honourable Minster’s office, Mr. Pierre Pettigrew.

The protesters read the resolution in both English and Kurdish.  The resolution, along with highlighting the a brief update on the situation leading up to the unrest, and the number of casualties, urged the Canadian official to take the following measures:

1)     Canadian government should condemn this act of violence against peaceful civilian demonstrations in Kurdish cities of Iran

2)     A high-ranking delegation of United Nation and the European Parliament to visit Iranian Kurdistan.

3)     The retreat of all Special Forces and troops from Kurdistan

4)     Setting free all detainees, treating the injured in hospitals, and compensating people with probable losses of life and property

5)     Brining to justice the perpetrators and officials responsible for such a tragedy in Kurdistan

6)      Respecting all the articles of the UN Human Rights Declaration in Kurdistan