Public employees in Iraqi Kurdistan on hunger strike over unpaid wages

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Public employees in Iraqi Kurdistan on hunger strike over unpaid wages

There is a constant to-and-fro of people in the large tent set up opposite the United Nations offices in Sulaymaniyah, the second largest city in Iraqi Kurdistan. Relatives and friends are visiting the strikers whose bodies are starting to weaken after four days without food. Eleven public employees, mainly teachers, have decided to go on hunger strike in protest at the non-payment of their wages. Some have even made their way from surrounding v…