DUHOK, Kurdistan Region - A conference focused on discussions of genocide, particularly through the lens of the Kurdistan Region, was held at the University of Duhok on Wednesday, with local and foreign academics participating.
“We have to fill some gaps and document Halabja’s massacre in a perfect way,” Stephen Katsemer, head of the Research Institute at Potsdam University told Rudaw’s Ayub Nasri. He added that Potsdam University in Germany is working with Duhok University to put together 600-page document on the Anfal campaign.
The Anfal campaign took place over eight phases beginning in 1986, under the command of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The terrible memories still live on in people’s minds today.
Khalil Osman, one of the survivors of the Anfal campaign in Duhok, was separated from his father in 1988 near the Nizarke citadel. That was the last time he saw his father, and longs for the day to be reunited with him.
“We hope that work will be done towards finding the bodies and to return them to the Kurdistan Region,” Osman said, further stating that the victims of the Anfal campaign have not yet received any compensation from the Iraqi government.
“We have to fill some gaps and document Halabja’s massacre in a perfect way,” Stephen Katsemer, head of the Research Institute at Potsdam University told Rudaw’s Ayub Nasri. He added that Potsdam University in Germany is working with Duhok University to put together 600-page document on the Anfal campaign.
The Anfal campaign took place over eight phases beginning in 1986, under the command of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The terrible memories still live on in people’s minds today.
Khalil Osman, one of the survivors of the Anfal campaign in Duhok, was separated from his father in 1988 near the Nizarke citadel. That was the last time he saw his father, and longs for the day to be reunited with him.
“We hope that work will be done towards finding the bodies and to return them to the Kurdistan Region,” Osman said, further stating that the victims of the Anfal campaign have not yet received any compensation from the Iraqi government.
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