VOA Kurdish: 37 Years after Halabja chemical attack, genocide bill remains unpassed
Despite six parliamentary terms, the Kurdistan Parliament has yet to pass a bill recognizing the 1988 chemical attack on Halabja as genocide, hindering efforts to prosecute companies and individuals who collaborated with the former Ba'ath regime.
While more than 4,000 people have filed lawsuits, the absence of legal recognition has weakened their cases.
Although Iraq's Supreme Criminal Court declared the attack a genocide in 2010, legal efforts in Kurdistan remain stalled. Advocates hope that a long-awaited bill, currently under parliamentary review, will finally be passed to provide justice for victims and their families.
Click here for the full story in Kurdish.
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