Iraq – Over 7 thousand victims of landmines in Sulaimaniyah.

Location: Sulaimaniyah – Iraq

Language: Arabic + Kurdish

Duration: 00:03:34

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Dateline: 04/04/2022

Storyline

To commemorate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action that takes place on the 4^th of April each year, an awareness workshop on the dangers of landmines was held in Sulaimaniyah. The Mine Action Directorate of Sulaimaniyah held a photo exhibition, as well as an exhibition of the  equipment and tools used for demining. The exhibition also included a demonstration of detecting and removing landmines. The Mine Action Directorate reported that 7550 fell victims to landmines, 1500 disabled and 6500 dead.

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Soundbite (Mohsen Abdul Karim  – Director General of the Mine Action Directorate):

            “Landmine victims are about 7550, 1500 disabled and 6500 dead. Mine-infested areas within Sulaimaniyah are 234 million square meters, 85 million squares of which have been cleared”

Soundbite (Horaz Jalal – Mine Action Directorate in Sulaimaniyah):

            “Our work in demining puts our lives at risk but we do it for humanitarian reasons; to protect the people and keep them out of harms way.”

Soundbite (Kamran Ali – Victim of Landmines):

            “We demand for people working at demining organizations and directories to be provided with logistic, financial and moral support. There are many victims of landmines who have not been compensated.”

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