A photo report on: the chemical massacre in halabja

On 28 February 2013, a unanimous vote was taken before the British parliament, establishing
overwhelming support, to formally recognise that the crime of genocide was committed
against Iraqi Kurds by senior officials of the government of Saddam Hussein, based on a policy
of extermination targeting Iraqi Kurds during the Anfal and Halabja military campaigns in
1988.1 The Kurdish Regional Government has called the vote “a significant landmark” for the
victims of the genocide that are seeking past atrocities committed against them to be
acknowledged internationally.2 The British vote follows similar expressions of support by the
Norwegian and Swedish parliaments last year.3 A draft resolution to recognize the Kurdish
genocide has been approved by the Swedish parliament.4 There is great support
and significant efforts being made by these two countries as well as the British parliament to
internationalize the Kurdish genocide.