Activists from the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) called for an investigation into Turkey's use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan before the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

The Council of Europe was asked to send a delegation to the war zone in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) to investigate reports of the use of banned weapons by the Turkish army. The activists wanted to hand over an information dossier on the issue prepared by the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) but were turned back at the entrance of the building and asked to submit their request in writing. The women then declared that they would continue their action until the dossier was accepted.