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Some Kurds still wait for the new Iraq
28.4.2008
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April
28, 2008
Alive in Baghdad: Attempting to redress the wrongs
done to Faili Kurds
We show this segment courtesy of
www.aliveinbaghdad.org. Alive in Baghdad employs
Iraqi journalists to produce video packages each
week about a variety of topics on daily life in
Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Faili Kurds are one of the most
oppressed groups of Kurds. Like other Kurds, they
were abused during Saddam Hussein's regime.
Statistics from the United Nations show that more
than 450 thousand Faili Kurds were deported to Iran
in the 1980s and nearly 10 thousand Faili Kurds
between the ages of 13 and 30 years old are still
missing until the current moment.
A large number of this Kurdish minority fled out of
Iraq to a number of other countries such as the
United Kingdom, Germany, and France. They were
fleeing the bad circumstances they endured under
several governments that ruled Iraq. Now,www.ekurd.net
despite the fall of
Saddam Hussein and the work of many citizens toward
establishing a democratic Iraq, the Faili Kurds
still face several difficulties. Among others, until
now, they did not receive the same rights as other
Iraqis.
The Charitable Liberated Faili Kurds Organization
works in Baghdad to attempt to redress these wrongs.
They work in particular to support displaced Faili
Kurds to enable them to return to their homes in
Baghdad and elsewhere. They also advocate for the
approval of full citizenship for Failis. Due to the
inadequate social services available to Failis and
other poor Iraqis, they also run a medical clinic on
Palestine St. in Baghdad which is available to all
needy Iraqis.
For more information about Faili Kurds, please see
this site ostensibly run by Faili Kurds, or you can
read a range of research on Wikipedia. Global
Security also has a breakdown of differences between
Kurdish groups, or you can read a discussion of
Kurdish identity and the place of Faili Kurds.
Lastly another Faili Kurd describes the meaning of
being Faili.
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therealnews com,
Video in Arabic
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