Protests on 10th anniversary of Yazidi genocide in many European cities

The European Kurdish Women's Movement and the Yazidi Women's Council will hold protests in many European cities with the motto, “Against Femicide: Be the voice of self-defense”.

News Center- The 10th anniversary of the genocide committed by ISIS against the Yazidi community in Shengal on August 3,2014 will be protested in many European countries.

The European Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-E) and the Yazidi Women's Council (SMJE) will hold protests on August 2 and 3 with the motto, “Against Femicide: Be the voice of self-defense”.

“As August 3 is approaching, we, as women’s organizations in Europe, will take to the streets once again to protest the genocide committed against the Yazidi community by ISIS,” said the statement released by the TJK-E and the SMJE. “We condemn the genocide, a continuation of the policies of oppression, rape, enslavement and de-identification against the Yazidis. We call on all people, particularly women, to participate in the protests that will be held in many European countries on August 3 by the TJK-E and the SMJE.”

The dates and places of the protests are as follows:

On August 2, 2024

GERMANY

Bremen

Time: 3 PM.

Place: Am Marktplatz

Helsingborg

Time: 5 PM.

Place: Gustav Adolfs torg

On August 3, 2024

BELGIUM

Liege

Time: 5 PM.

Place: In front of the train station

AUSTRIA

Vienna

Time: 6:30 PM.

Place: In front of the parliament

GERMANY

Saarbrücken

Time: 5 PM.

Place: Europa Galerie

Frankfurt

Time: 1 PM.

Place: Rathenau Platz

Leipzig

Time: 3 PM.

Place: Augustusplatz

Stuttgart

Time: 2 PM.

Place: Königstr./Ecke Marstallstr

Düsseldorf

Time: 3 PM:

Place: Platz des Landtags 1

Berlin

Time: 6 PM.

Place: BebelPlatz/ Unter der LindenHannover

Göttingen

Time: At noon

Place: Gänseliesel

Kiel

Time: From 3 PM to 5 PM

Place: Europaplatz

München

Time: 3 PM.

Place: Sendlinger Str. 8

SWITZERLAND

Zurich

Time: 4:30 PM.

Place: Helvetiaplatz

Lausanne

Time: 1 PM.

Place: Église Saint-Laurent

SCANDINAVIA

Stockholm

Time: 3 PM.

Place: Sergels torg

Copenhagen

Time: 1 PM.

Place: Gammeltorv

Oslo/Norway

Time: 3 PM.

Place: Tønsberg Torv

ENGLAND

London