Kurdish protesters in Salford claimed ‘media silence’ on violence towards Syrian minorities
- Milly Dawson
- Jan 25
- 2 min read
A protest on claimed "media silence over attacks on the Kurdish people and other minorities in North-East Syria" occurred on Wednesday evening at MediaCityUK in Salford.
Protesters alleged that the media, such as organisations like ITV and the BBC, have not been raising awareness of violence towards Kurds and other ethnic minorities in Syria.
However, the BBC have been reporting on rising tensions between the Syrian Government and Kurdish fighters.
The BBC reported on 7 January that "at least 12 people have reportedly been killed during two days of intense clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish fighters," with "tens of thousands of civilians" fleeing Kurdish majority neighbourhoods, after the Syrian Government shelled the area, designating the neighbourhoods as "closed military areas."
An event organiser of the protest told Shock News: "All four countries that occupy Kurdistan are destroying the Kurdish culture, Kurdish identity and our right to be humans."
It was not only the Kurdistan flag flying during the protest. Many different ethnic and religious minority groups came together.
A protester at the scene stated how Kurds have had previous issues of unity as a community, but now “we can see unity, and we can see all the flags flying together now. It is unprecedented in Kurdish politics and Kurdish history, never have these opposing ideologies come together, that is why I am here now, I want to support that.” It comes as Kurdish protests have continued around Manchester, with the Manchester Evening News reporting that several arrests have been made, and one man had been stabbed.
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