UK Parliament Commemorates Halabja Chemical Bombardment

The UK Parliament hosted an event to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the chemical attack on Halabja, sponsored by John Slinger MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Kurdistan, and held in conjunction with the KRG UK High Representation.

Slinger, recalling his experiences visiting the Kurdistan Region, said it was important to move "from saying Never Again to actually practical meaning to the words Always Protect". All those present observed a minute's silence for the victims of Halabja and Anfal.

Attendees heard testimony from survivors and witnesses, including Kamaran Nawroz, and from Dr Brian Brivati, a long-standing member of the KRG's Genocide Advisory taskforce, who spoke of the need to recognise Halabja and Anfal as genocide and to listen to survivors. Baroness Emma Nicholson, Chair of the UK-Iraq Business Council, said the House of Lords would continue to support the victims and survivors of genocide in Kurdistan and to work to prevent genocide. (KRG UK Representation)