Members of the Iraqi Forum for Human Rights Organizations holding a demonstration on the second anniversary of the Islamic States occupation of Nineveh
- A demonstration by members of the Iraqi Forum for Human Rights Organizations on the second anniversary of the Islamic States occupation of Nineveh.
- Mr. Abd Alkhaliq Zankana reading a statement issued by the Forum.
- the Demonstrations participants condemning the heinous crimes and violations committed by the terrorists, demanding a fast liberation process of Mosul and the Nineveh Plain after liberating Fallujah.
- William Warda, while talking to media channels during the demonstration, (We must focus on the required principals for the liberation of Iraq while guaranteeing minorities rights).
On Sunday 10/06/2016, members of the Iraqi Forum for Human Rights Organizations held a demonstration at AlMutanabbi street in Baghdad on the second anniversary of the Islamic States occupation of Mosul, which took place on 10/06/2014, and the Islamic States invasion of different locations and territories in the Nineveh Plain and Sinjar, while chanting slogans condemning crimes of terrorism committed by ISIS against Iraqis and especially crimes targeting Iraqi minorities (Yazidies, Christians, Shabak, Kakais, Turkmen and others), crimes such as abduction, murder, sexual slavery, forced displacement, destruction of personal property, coercion in religious affiliation, and all for the best interest of the abhorrent fundamentalist Salafist ideologies.
A number of Iraqis who happened to be by AlMutanabbi street joined the demonstration with numerous media channels providing media coverage. meanwhile, Mr. Abd Alkhaliq Zankana, the general coordinator of the Iraqi Forum for Human Rights Organizations, delivered a statement stressing the importance of the victory for IDPs rights, which could happen through speeding up the process of liberation of Mosul while working, with all means possible, to confront any tendency for exclusion and marginalization.
the Forum also called for securing the lives of minorities in a way that would preserve all their rights, while expressing its appreciation of the ongoing efforts by the Iraqi security forces, the Peshmerga, the Popular Mobilization and other volunteers to stand against terrorism and liberate Fallujah which will be followed by liberating Nineveh.
the Iraqi Forum appealed to the National Will to prosecute defaulters and those affiliated with corruption, while expressing hope for the Iraqi civil community to have better and more chances for democratic construction for the best interest of all Iraqis without exclusion.
Mr. William Warda, President of the Iraqi Minorities Alliance, stressed the need to focus on the required principals for the liberation of Iraq from terrorism and armed violence, and the need to have full commitment to minorities rights and banning the policy of exclusion, marginalization and authoritarianism, adding, while talking to media channels during the demonstration, that the need for a spirit of solidarity is required to deal with minorities rights which has been violated and suffered much injustice due to the authoritarianism of the largest political components, in addition to the deeds of the Islamic States terrorist groups.
