44 Arab intellectuals call on OPCW to send team in areas of Turkish alleged use of chemical weapons

44 Iraqi intellectuals sent a letter to the Executive Committee of the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), calling on them to open an investigation into the allegations of Turkey’s use of chemical weapons.

The letter pointed out that the Turkish army used chemical weapons against the Kurdish people as seen in files and images from the region in recent months. “The OPCW should send a commission to the area where the Turkish state is using prohibited chemical weapons.”

The signatories of the letter are as follows:

“Abdel Moneim Al-Asam Keyaniya Yekbûyî, Dr. Ehmed Îbrahîm Iraq, Ahmed Recab Swêd, Selam Ibrahim Kibbeh Iraq, Dr. Zuhêr Kazim Ebûd Swêd, Dr. Tayseer Al-Alousi Hollanda, Alaa Mehdi Australia, Nabil Tommy Swêd, Dr. Aqil Al-Nasser Swêdê, Samir Tabla UK, Dr. Saman Şalî Keyaniya Yekbûyî, Kefah Zahawi Swêdê, Dr. Nebîl Nasî, Iraq, Werda  Odisho Danîmarka, Xalid El-Zehaw Holanda, Kerem Salman Belçîka, Ferhad Mecîd Silêmanî, Latif Omar Mohieldin Holland, Xosrow Faris Aqrawî Holanda, Receb Asî Kakai Kerkûk, Iraq, Pehiman Sarha Ng Holland, Hiwa Serheng holland, Şame Ben Doum Morocco, Sohail Zhao, Norwêc, Khaldun Samî Aqrah, Iraq, Bassem Al-Zahawi, Hollanda, Ari Kakai Swêd, Kamal Yaldoo Amerîka, Dr. Salem George Holland, Dr. Saad Îsmaîl Holland, Dr. Ehmed Hemûdî Rabîa Holland, Saleh Al-Rubaie, Hollanda, Mislim Yecît Hollanda, Dr. Abid Ali Awad Holland, Dr. Hendrine Ashraf Noaman Norwêc, Nihad Maarouf Swêd, Seîd Şabu Wweden, Awni Daoudi Swêd, Nîhat Jabbar Hollanda, Ezîz Kalo Kalou Swîsre, Şêrwan Şeref Holland, Ziad Al Ayoubi Keyaniya Yekbûyî, Iyad Baban Iraq, Nîhad El-Qadî, Hollanda”