Demos for Shengal to be held across Scandinavia tomorrow

Kurdish people and their friends living in Scandinavia will mark the 3rd anniversary of the Shengal genocide with demonstrations against the perpetrators ISIS and accomplice Turkish government.

Sara Women's Union and Kurdish organisations and associations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland released a joint statement on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the genocide of 3 August 2014 on the Êzidî community, which was stopped by the exceptional intervention of YPG and HPG forces, and stressed that people shall be aware that around 3000 Êzidî women are still in the hands of ISIS.

The call was made in a joint statement, that all the people of Kurdistan and their friends shall join the march in white garments to condemn the genocide of the Êzidîs and raise voice for the liberation of the remaining captive Êzidî women.

Support was also expressed for the Vigil of 'Conscience and Justice' launched by representatives of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Northern Kurdistan and Turkey.

The following details were released on the demonstrations across Scandinavia which will all be staged on 3rd August.

SWEDEN

City: Stockholm

Time: 11.15

Place: Medborgarplatsen

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City: Orebro

Time: 11.15

Place: Våghustorget

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City: Borlange

Time: 11.15

Place: Sveatorget

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City: Goteborg

Time: 11.15

Place: Brunnsparken

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City: Gävle

Time: 11.15

Place: Storatorget i Sandviken

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DENMARK

City: Copenhagen

Time: 11.15

Place: Kultorvet

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NORWAY

City: Oslo

Time: 11.15

Place: Karl Johan gate 22, 0026 Storting

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FINLAND

City: Helsinki

Time: 11.15

Place: Kolmen Sepän aukio, center of Helsinki