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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Jul 24, 2014, 02:54 PM Jul 2014

Iraqis protest treatment of minority Christians

AFP

Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Hundreds of people demonstrated Thursday in Arbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, to condemn the forced displacement of Iraqi Christians and call for their protection.

Muslims, Christians, displaced people and political parties took part in the protest outside UN offices in Arbil, some 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of Baghdad.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was to fly to the city later on Thursday having earlier held talks in Baghdad.

"We condemn the targeting of Christians in Mosul," read one banner.

http://news.yahoo.com/iraqis-protest-treatment-minority-christians-163446309.html

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