Kurdish Protesters Storm Dutch Parliament: Stop ISIL

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Several dozen Kurds have stormed the Dutch parliament building in The Hague, making their way inside the lobby following a spontaneous demonstration against the "ISIL" fighters attacking the Kurdish town of Kobani in Syria.

Several hundred protesters have been rallying in front of the parliament building on Monday night to draw attention to the situation in Kobani, where "a genocide [is] about to unfold," one of the organizers said.

Up to 100 people carrying banners have managed to force their way inside the main hall of the building. However, they reportedly did not try to go any further through security, peacefully sitting on the floor instead.

A delegation of Kurdish protesters spoke with the president of the House of Representatives, Anouchka van Miltenburg, regarding the situation of Kurds in Kobani.
"The situation in Kobani is getting [out] of control," one of the protesters said. "ISIL has stormed the town and a lot of civilians are being killed. We want the West to do more to stop the situation in Syria."

MP Sadet Karabulut, who has a Turkish-Kurdish background, thinks the action of the Kurds is "a cry for attention."

"It's a signal they want to be heard by the Court and the international community," the publication quotes.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team