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The International Children’s Day is Sad
for Our Children
2.6.2011
By Commemorating Garmyian Group - ekurd.net |
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June
2, 2011
SULAIMANIYAH,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — During the demonstrations
in the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)
territories in
February 2011,
many youths and children were killed and injured.
Among them were: Garmiyan, only 11 years old;
Rezhwan, 15 years old; and others.
These kids were killed by live bullets and
ammunitions. So far, no serious investigation has
been conducted on the murders of those two children
by any court in the Kurdistan Region. To commemorate
the incidence of murdering these kids, the Civil
Society Federation and a group of civil society
activists, writers and artists conducted an event on
June 1st, 2011 (the International Children’s Day) at
Garmiyan’s grave.
During the event, the following speech was addressed
to the attendants:
Previous commemorations of the International
Children’s Day in Kurdistan region were ritualized
bogus events, presented as favors done by the
political parties and their shadow organizations.
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11 year old Garmyian (L) and Rezhwan (R), 15 years
old killed by Kurdish security forces during the
demonstrations against Massoud Barzani and Kurdish
Govt in the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)
territories in February 2011. |
This year, the International Children’s Day is
further contrasted by the murder of (among others)
two children during the demonstrations of February
2011. The murders of those youngsters spoke volumes
about the futility of a day for children in this
region. It is so mind-boggling to see people having
no problem with the murderers of Rezhwan and
Garmyian still free in our streets. Their conscience
doesn’t even question their willingness and fervor
to celebrate the day.
In the killings of Garmyian and Rezhwan, we perceive
a disastrous humiliation of the law and its
application in Kurdistan when we remember the two
boys. This all is adding to our sadness and sorrow
for their killings. At the same time, we clearly
perceive the fact that if the rule of law had the
slightest genuine meaning in the region, those
fingers were not so eager to push the trigger and
kill those angels.
For us, as a number of civil society activists,
intellectuals and artists, the commemoration of the
first of June is adding to our sorrow about this
injurious moment in our history. It makes us closer
to the pains and suffering of the family,www.ekurd.netparents
and friends of Garmyian and Rezhwan. We hope our
presence here would help them share the pain they
suffer with us and ease the burden on them.
Lastly, we emphasize the fact that the suing of
those who murdered Garmyian and Rezhwan would be the
best commemoration for the Children’s Day. We demand
on the authorities to regard the day Garmyian and
Rezhwan were killed as a special occasion for
respecting the life, dignity and childhood of all
children in Kurdistan region, and an occasion to
resist all kinds of violence against children in the
region.
Commemorating Garmyian Group , June 01, 2011
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