Co-chair of the People's Assembly in Maxmûr calls on Iraq not to yield to Turkey and PDK' pressures

Residents of Martyr Rustam Jodi' camp (Maxmûr) who were displaced from their homes in the nineties of the last century, as the Turkish attacks on their villages and cities in Bakur Kurdistan, subjected to many harassment , particularly following ISIS attacks on Iraqi cities in 2014, when the occupation army intensified its air attacks against the camp's residents, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party authorities imposed a stifling siege on them, and now there are attempts by the Iraqi government to fence the camp with barbed wire.

Kagan confirmed to ANHA that the people of Maxmûr are going through a sensitive and difficult period, "where the Turkish occupation state has launched attacks on them for years, in addition to pressures from the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which imposed, in July 2019, a suffocating siege on them, moreover attacks of ISIS mercenaries.

Kagan asserts that the camp residents "are political refugees registered with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner in Iraq.

"He held the United Nations and the Iraqi state responsible for the attacks and harassment on the residents of the Martyr Rustam Jodi camp, and said: "The United Nations and the Iraqi state do not carry out their responsibilities towards what the residents of the camp are subjected to ."

The United Nations looks at the camp residents with the eyes of Turkey

Kagan said that the threats made by Turkish officials against the residents of Maxmûr camp are now being implemented."

where the United Nations and the Iraqi state look at the residents of the martyr Rustam Cudi camp "with the eyes of Turkish officials who send false reports to the United Nations which is far from the facts."

Kagan criticized the actions of the Iraqi government: "Now the Iraqi government is trying to fence the Martyr Rustam Jodi camp with barbed wire. They are seeking to turn the camp into a detention center that is contrary to international values and covenants."

Haji Kagan explained that there is constant communication with the central government, and said: "After the Turkish attacks by warplanes and drones that targeted the martyr Rustam Cudi camp in June and July of last year, an official delegation from the camp went to Baghdad and a delegation from Baghdad visited the camp, where Baghdad's, presented several Items, including reopening of the administration, the Iraqi police offices, and the office of the commission in the camp again, and we affirmed that we respect Iraqi laws and agreed to what was proposed by Baghdad delegation.

Kagan noted: "After these visits and discussions, the administration, police and commission offices were reopened, and Iraqi police forces were stationed at the checkpoints. A census was also conducted within the camp. During those visits, fencing the camp was not discussed."

On December 27, 2021, the Iraqi forces tried to fence the camp with barbed wire, without notifying the camp’s residents which formed a state of indignation among its them. Kagan explained that the camp residents showed a great reaction to attempts of the Iraqi forces, and they went out in a demonstration started from the camp to Maxmûr district .

We will continue to sit until we get guarantees

Kagan explained that the resident of the camp broke up the demonstration after assurances from the Iraqi forces by saying: "These forces confirmed that they will not make any movement until results of the upcoming meeting between the camp delegation and the Iraqi government's ".

Kagan made the point clear that the Iraqi state is unable to face the external attacks, suffers from a bad security situation, there is a real crisis in Iraq, amid heavy movements of ISIS mercenaries, and Sunni and Shiite contradictions, along with foreign interventions, therefore Turkey takes advantage of this situation and launches attacks on the camp's residents, and the Democratic Party exploits the Iraqi situation in order to impose its policies on the camp's residents.

A conspiracy being hatched against the Kurdish people,

Kagan stated " We know very well that the Iraqi government does not want to fence the camp with barbed wire. However, this step was taken as a result of Turkish pressure, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and the United Nations.

Hajji noted that the process of fencing off the camp is not in order to protect it, but rather is part of the conspiracy targeting the entire Kurdish people, and said: "Rojava villages and cities are subjected to systematic bombing on a daily basis, where dozens of civilians lose their lives . In Şengal, it did not stop The Turkish bombardment against the people of Şengal who seek to heal their wounds. The Maxmûr camp is also bombed from time to time. The legitimate defense areas are bombed with chemical weapons, amid systematic silence by countries and regional and international organizations.

If they want to protect the camp, the Turkish bombing must be stopped

The co-chair of the People's Democratic Assembly in Maxmûr said: "If they want to protect Maxmûr, the Turkish bombing must be stopped first." Haji Kagan emphasized that the Iraqi state embraced them and granted them lands after their forced marriage for more than two decades, where the people of the camp did not take any action contradicts Iraqi laws, and defended Iraqi lands during the attacks of ISIS in 2014. Dozens of camp residents were martyred for this, and he noted: "We were waiting for the Iraqi government to do its duty towards the camp's residents, not to fence it."

Kagan explained that the residents of the Martyr Rustam Jodi camp since ISIS attacks, in 2014, have been subjected to many pressures, as the Turkish occupation army intensified its bombing of the camp and the Kurdistan Democratic Party besieged it, he indicated that protection of the camp is the United Nations responsibility by saying: "We are registered as political refugees with the United Nations, which is responsible for protecting the camp's residents."

The lives of the camp residents are at risk

Kagan revealed that there are real threats against the camp's residents, and said: "Turkey is bombing the camp, ISIS launches attacks from time to time. Those with chronic diseases cannot receive treatment. University students cannot complete their education since the Kurdistan Democratic authorities imposed the siege. KDP does not respect our identity that was granted to us by the officially recognized United Nations, and this in itself violates Iraqi laws."

Kagan noted that the residents of the camp are neither prisoners nor slaves until the camp is fenced with barbed wire, he said Our demands are right. We want to stop the Turkish attacks against us. We want to live in safety and stability."

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