{"id":376,"date":"2016-10-24T08:49:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/?p=376"},"modified":"2016-10-24T08:50:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:50:02","slug":"letter-to-president-barzani-keg-killing-of-journalists-10-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/2016\/10\/24\/letter-to-president-barzani-keg-killing-of-journalists-10-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to President Barzani keg Killing of Journalists 10 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jean Lambert MEP Green Party Member of the European Parliament for London<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0 18 October 2016<\/span><\/h3>\n

President Barzani, Kurdistan Regional Government c\/o Mr Karwan Jamal Tahir, High Representative KRG Representation in the UK 23 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6LB.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dear President Barzani,<\/span><\/h3>\n

<\/p>\n

Re:\u00a0Wedat Hussein Ali; killing of journalists in Kurdistan<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

I am writing<\/span> <\/a>to express my grave concern over the killing of the above-named journalist in Dohuk on 13 August 2016. According to eye-witnesses, Wedat Hussein Ali was dragged from his car in broad daylight by three armed men and found dead just a few hours later. This killing has drawn international attention, having been highlighted by both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Please could you ensure that a full and proper investigation is carried out at the earliest opportunity.<\/span><\/h3>\n

I am also writing to ask you to ensure that full and proper investigations are also carried out into the killings of the following three journalists:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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    Kawa Garmeyani \u2013 killed on 5 December 2013<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    Sardasht Osman \u2013 killed on 3 May 2010<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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    Soran Mama Hama \u2013 killed on 22 July 2008<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    It is of great concern that these killings remain unresolved and I would ask you to do everything you can to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice.<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Thank you for your kind consideration of this matter; I look forward to your reply.<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Yours sincerely,<\/span><\/h3>\n

    \u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

    \u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Jean Lambert MEP Green Party Member of the European Parliament for London<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Jean Lambert MEP Green Party Member of the European Parliament for London \u00a0 18 October 2016 President Barzani, Kurdistan Regional Government c\/o Mr Karwan Jamal Tahir, High Representative KRG Representation in the UK 23 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6LB. Dear President Barzani,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}