'Help our suffering people'- Plead Kurdish protesters living in Wolverhampton as they gather in city centre to raise awareness
Dozens of protesters took to the streets of Wolverhampton as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of struggling Kurds in Syria.
Residents from Wolverhampton's small Kurdish community took part in two rallies and a march in recent days in an effort to raise the profile of the plight of the country's Rojava population, whom they claim were being denied their human rights and were being subject to attacks. They claim West Kurdistan lying south of the Syria-Turkey border was at risk of being forgotten despite siding with western Governments against extremist terror groups.
Rawaz Mustafa, aged 40, a cupping therapist, organised two gatherings including a 60-strong rally on Saturday along with a small group march from Staveley Road in Whitmore Reans to the city centre to give voice to the diaspora campaign.
Mr Mustafa also plans to raise the matter with MPs and councillors representing Wolverhampton.
Birhart Jaksi, aged 33 and a Wolverhampton University researcher, explained: "The protesters are here appealing to the UK Government to support the people in the Rojava region who are being displaced due to pressure from Islamic State (ISIS) and Syria. We are not attacking them, they are attacking us.
