Hunger strike over wages in Iraqi Kurdistan

Hunger strike over wages in Iraqi Kurdistan

Teachers and government employees began this month with a hunger strike outside of the UN office in Sulemani. They were demanding that the government pay them their wages and asking for UN and international support. Since 2014, government employees have not been paid properly while the Kurdistan and Iraqi governments argue over oil revenue. We visited the protestors, tried to amplify their demands, worried about their health and eventually celeb…