C.H.A.K to organize pro-Christian demonstration in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Head of the Kirkuk branch of the Center of Halabja Against Anfalization and Genocide of Kurds said that C.H.A.K will stage a demonstration in Kirkuk on Sunday in support of Christians who have become targets of killing and forced displacement by armed groups in Mosul city. “We will demand the Iraqi government to exert serious efforts to protect Christians in Mosul ,” Dhair Zengana told IraqiNews.com. “The demonstrators will carry candles and flowers to show respect for Christian victims who fell in Mosul ,” he said. Mosul , 405 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad has been witnessing an escalation in violence against Christians since September 2008, prompting nearly 200 Christian families to flee the city for other places in or outside Ninewa province. C.H.A.K is a non-governmental organization that was founded in 2002. MH (P)/AmR 1