Declaration/16.03.2025
IUSY Calls for International Recognition of the Halabja Genocide and Reparations for the Kurdish People
IUSY stands in solidarity with the Kurdish people as we commemorate the 37th anniversary of the Halabja genocide. On March 16, 1988, the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein carried out heinous crimes against humanity, using chemical weapons to massacre over 5,000 innocent Kurdish civilians, including women, children and elderly. This act of genocide was part of the broader Anfal Campaign, which sought to systematically annihilate the Kurdish population in Iraq.
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