UNAMI promises to review cases of transgression on our people’s lands

Ruwaida AlHaj (Human Rights Official of UNAMI) assured our representatives that they would follow up with the transgression issue on the lands and villages of our Chaldean Syriac Assyrian people in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, this will be done through field visits to the villages and meetings with officials in authority to end the mistreatment. This came during a meeting of a UN delegation that included a team of experts headed by Ruwaida AlHaj with representatives of our people in the office of Mr. Jaafar Aymanki (Deputy Speaker of KRG Parliament) on Tuesday November 7, in the presence of Al Rafedain bloc representatives MP Yacoob Gewargis Yaco (head of Al Rafedain bloc), MP Lina Azaria (Al Rafedain) and MP Srood Salim Maqdasy (Abnaa al Nahrain bloc) in addition to a number of other MPs. The two parties discussed the multiple transgression cases on our Chaldean Assyrian Syriac lands and villages in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Our representatives presented an explanation to the UN delegation which was supported by documents about all the violations and transgressions that were carried out during different stages and time periods. Some issues have been resolved in the courts, but they have not yet been implemented. There are also other issues still under review by the authorities, pending a ruling. They also discussed the absence of the will of the government and the executive authorities. Noting that the authorities haven’t recognized these cases as important as they are, even though they are injustices and violations against the rights of genuine indigenous components of the region