Public Meeting

Mass protest movement demanding freedom and Social justice in Iraqi Kurdistan

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Date: 15th June

Venue: House of Commons, Committee Room 21

Hosted by

John McDonnell Member of UK Parliament

Speakers:

·         Houzan Mahmoud:  Freedom Umbrella: Kurdish Action Group

·         Dashty Jamal: International Federation of Iraqi Refugees

·         Ute Miche:  Member of European Parliament- Green Party

·         Dr Mariwan Kanie:  Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam

·         Glenroy Watson:  Secretary of the RMT’s Black & Ethnic committee on London Underground

On the anniversary of the murder Kurdish journalist Sardasht Osman, International Federation of Iraqi Refugees-IFIR & Freedom Umbrella are holding a public meeting in the House of Commons.   

The meeting will discuss press freedom, as well as the current attacks on the right to demonstrate In Kurdistan. Sardasht Osman was a journalist and university student.  He was murdered for writing an article critical of Massoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region and his Kurdish Democratic Party. No-one has been brought to justice for this crime. His killing is symptomatic of the repression of journalists.

Press freedom and freedom of expression has been one of the demands of the on-going uprising in Kurdistan, inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt.

 

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