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SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES
PRESS RELEASE Göttingen, 07.11.2008

[b]Iraq: Quota system in the new election law disadvantages minorities[/b]Christian Assyrian Chaldeans and Yezidi threaten election boycott and
annexation to federal state of Kurdistan

Arab parliamentary delegates have rejected a reasonable quota regulation for
the minorities of Iraq and now the leading representatives of the Assyrian
Chaldean Christians, Kurdish Yezidi and Shabak are threatening a boycott of
the provincial elections and the annexation of their territories in the
province Mosul/Niniveh to the Iraqi federal state of Kurdistan. This was
reported by the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) on Friday. In passing
a new electoral law for the Iraqi provinces last Monday in Baghdad delegates
of the Arab and Islamist-oriented parties in the Iraqi Parliament were
prominent in voting against the recommendation of the United Nations to
establish three seats each for the Christians and the Yezidi in the
provincial council of Mosul. 106 Arab nationalist delegates out of a total
of 150 representatives present rejected the proposal. Those speaking out in
favour of the proposal were the delegates of the Kurdish Alliance,
representatives of the Communists and some delegates of the Shiite Al-Sadr
party.

The north, west and east of the north-Iraqi province of Mosul/Niniveh is for
the most part inhabited by minorities. There are living there, above all in
the Niniveh Plain, almost 200,000 of the remaining approximately 600,000
Christian Assyrian Chaldean Arameans of Iraq, about 500,000 Kurdish Yezidi
and about 70,000 Shabak. Members of this latter group have been gathering
since last weekend almost daily in the town of Bahshiga and are calling for
the annexation of their 70 villages to Iraqi Kurdistan.

If you would like further information please approach the GfbV General
Secretary, Tilman Zülch, at tel. ++49 (0)151 153 09 888.

[b]--
Für Menschenrechte. Weltweit. [/b]
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker / Society for Threatened Peoples
P.O. Box 20 24 - D-37010 Göttingen/Germany
Nahostreferat/ Middle East Desk
Dr. Kamal Sido - Tel: +49 (0) 551 49906-18 - Fax: +49 (0) 551 58028
E-Mail: [email protected] - www.gfbv.de

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