Deputy Speaker Hawrami honours memory of Layla Qassim
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Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami conveyed the following message to honour the memory of Layla Qassim, a hero of the Kurdish struggle for rights who was executed by the Iraqi Ba'ath regime in 1974:
Forty-six years have passed since the execution of Martyr Layla Qassim, who embodied the resistance of a nation that lost thousands of lives in striving for our freedom and independence.
By participating in our nation’s resistance, Layla Qassim showed that Kurdish women are as much a force in the struggle for freedom and human dignity, and that nothing is more valuable than the liberty and independence of a nation. God rest her soul.
Hemin Hawrami
Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan parliament
12 May 2020