Hawpa disbanded, hate still active
Shlama fellow brothers and sisters,
I’m not sure what flare this falls under but as a lot of other Assyrians may have heard, there was recently a far-right Neo-Nazi group in Kurdistan that operated for 6 years before being banned in January of this year. This group called for the complete genocide of all Assyrians and Turkmen within the region. As an Assyrian who has great grandparents who survived Seyfo and the Simele Massacre (as well as relatives in Syria that were forced to flee ISIS) I feel like it is impossible to just let this go. It is never “edgy” or “quirky” politics to call for the extermination of specific groups. Even though they have been banned I feel we need to remain vigilant for our relatives who reside in the region and for diaspora communities near these degenerates.
The reason I made this post is that I recently went on a variety of their telegram chats to see that they are still very much active. They demonise us, ridicule us and call for killings against us. And yes, despite calling for the genocide himself, the cowardly leader was quick to backtrack and claim “he never did”. However he is one of the creators/mods of this group chat.
Some may say to not take their words to heart but I feel we should take every word seriously. The region is facing ongoing instability and as we know, war and conflict is the biggest agitator of genocide.
Below are some of the heinous things they have posted/said. I wasn’t able to include everything because these cowards blocked screenshots so I had to find ways that wouldn’t black out the screen without joining. I also included some of the stuff he said on twitter. Just a warning that it may be disturbing (especially the last image).