Kurds demonstrate in The Hague: “OPCW, do your job!”

Kurdish organisations called on the OPCW in The Hague to break its silence and investigate and prevent Turkish chemical weapons use in Kurdistan.

ANF, THE HAGUE, Tuesday 1 Nov. 2022

Kurdish associations protested in The Hague against the inaction of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The demonstration called on the OPCW to break its silence and investigate and prevent Turkish chemical weapons use in Kurdistan. The demonstration was led by Xoşnav Ata from Germany, who has been holding a vigil for months demanding that the OPCW investigate the death of his niece Binevş Agal (Gülperin Ata) in May in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).

The march started on the Malieveld and went past the city hall and the Dutch parliament, where a sit-in was organised during a stop. In front of the Turkish consulate there was a police attack on young demonstrators.