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OPEN LETTER Systematic bombing against civilian areas by Turkish forces in Northern Iraq
Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
Prime Minister
10 Downing Street
SW1A 2AA
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Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP
Leader of the Opposition
OPEN LETTER
Systematic bombing against civilian areas by Turkish forces in Northern Iraq
Dear Prime Minister,
We write to you on an urgent basis following the news overnight of the aerial attacks on civilian targets in Northern Iraq by Turkish forces.
On February 1st at 10 pm the Turkish Air Force carried out a systematic bombing campaign against civilian areas throughout Iraqi Kurdistan. These areas include the Refugee Camp in Mexmûr (Maxmur), which is a UNHRC registered camp * Geliyê Kersê, Barê and Çil Mêra near Şengal (Sinjar) in Southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq); as well as the village of Teqil Beqil near Dêrik in Rojava (northern Syria).
Maxmur Camp houses approximately 12,000 Kurdish people displaced from Turkey in the 1990s. The UNHCR completed a registration process in order to build international confidence in the civilian nature of the camp, countering Turkish state attempts to conflate the camp with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Continue reading “OPEN LETTER Systematic bombing against civilian areas by Turkish forces in Northern Iraq”