The present ethnic cleansing of the Minorities of Iraq: will Britain take some responsibility for a solution?

Where: Room 2A of the House of Lords

Confirmed Speakers

• Dr Layla Alrummi of the Mandaean Human Rights organisation
• Researcher Nicola Craven on Mandaean refugees in Syria
• Archbishop Toma (Syriac Church)
• Fr. Khoshaba Georges (Ancient Church of the East)
• Neville Kyrke-Smith, the National Director of Aid to the Church in Need UK
• Adnan Kochar of CHAK (Halabja Centre) on Yezidis and Kurdish-Minority relations
• The Syrian Ambassador  HE Dr. Sami Al Kiyam

Sponsor and chair: Lord Alton

Themes of the discussion

• Protection of, and aid to Minorities in Iraq
• Aid to minority refugees in Syria.
• The UK’s closed doors to Iraqi Minority assylum seekers
• Co-ordinated lobbying of the government and parliament
• What leverage, if any does the UK have on the Iraqi government?”
• Towards an Assyrian-Kurdish dialogue

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