Several Kurdish organizations and representatives of the Green Party, the Left Party and the Moderate Party took part in the demonstration. Most demonstrators were Kurds, and the speech was held at first Kurdish and then Swedish.
The first speaker was Fatehali Hakim, chairman of Malmö’s young Kurds. He appealed to the Swedish government to support the endangered inhabitants of Kobane, both humanitarian and military.
For Sydsvenskan he said that the Islamic state’s rampage is an issue not only for Kurds.
– Maybe it’s the Kurds who are in the front part here, but this affects everyone. What is happening now is exactly what you said after the Second World War would never happen again. We can not look away now.
In the first instance mean Hakim Fatehali that Sweden should contribute humanitarian, with supplies for the reception of refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan, where many fled from the Islamic state’s rampage.
But the government should also consider sending weapons to the government of Iraqi Kurdistan, so that those who are threatened by IS can defend themselves, he thinks.
A flag with a picture of the jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan and the terror stamped Kurdish party PKK s flag was worn when demonstrators marched to Gustav Adolf Square.
According to organizers, around 500 participated in the demonstration at Gustav Adolf Square. Police have no information on the number of demonstrators.
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