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Widespread human rights abuses, kidnappings, and killings of dissidents by Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) militants
PYD, as the political branch of the PKK in Syria, has pursued authoritarian policies in the Kurdish regions of Syria since the beginning of the crisis in the country.
Iranian PKK member Abdolrahman Fakhri was killed in the war with Turkey
The Euphrates news agency, affiliated with the PKK militant and armed group, has confirmed and published the news of the death of another Iranian in the war with Turkey. This person named Abdolrahman Fakhri (nom de guerre: Chalak Shaho (place of birth: Javanroo) was killed on June 2 in Matina area of Iraqi Kurdistan. […]
Intra-Kurdish Peace Talks have led nowhere
An Interview with Kurdish Opposition Leader Abdulaziz Tammo, Part 2
A new wave of emigration for Syria’s Kurds
I spoke to Abdulaziz Tammo, the head of the Association of Independent Syrian Kurds (KKS-Syria), that currently lives in Istanbul. He is the brother of Mashaal Tammo, a Kurdish politician who was assassinated in Qamishli in 2011 (appearantly by PYD militants). Together we attempt to shed light on three different matters that keep the minds of Syria’s Kurds busy. This is part 1 of our interview.
Kurdistan Region Government sentences 6 journalists to 43 years in prison!
It has been a hard week for journalists in Iraqi Kurdistan, that fear persecution and imprisonment for showing a more critical point-of-view of local political developments in the region, to the outside world. Six of their collegues have been sentenced to a combined shocking amount of 43 years in prison.
Kurdish political tensions shrink the media space
As illustrated by the latest escalatory cycle of political provocations and retaliations, the media is often the first collateral victim of intra-Kurdish tensions.
Press Freedom Watchdog protests violation of Press Freedom after Sulaimania shooting
Following several violations against media workers overnight, the Metro Center for Journalists’ Rights and Advocacy said on Tuesday (June 22) that journalists do not pose a threat to the stability and peace of Sulaimani and that “unidentified forces” must not use violence when dealing with journalists. In fact, it is armed forces who attack other […]
Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker in Erbil attempts suicide
Sources from Erbil state that a second Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker has committed suicide in Erbil. According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, “Fardin Gerami” (a 23-year-old resident of Naqadeh) committed suicide on Monday, June 21, 2021, in one of the UN affiliated institutions (Qandil Institute). Due to timely action he could be saved […]
Security chaos in Sulaimani: Daughter of clan boss calls in militia to fight Asayish forces
Abuse of power and abuse of authority over armed militias have taken a level that public shootouts are not uncommon in PUK-governed Sulaimani. Ten members of the security forces were wounded during a shooting incident late on Monday night (June 21) in Sulaimani’s Sarchinar neighborhood, which allegedly involved members of a variety of units affiliated […]
Opinion: Ending Turkish occupation of Iraq – It’s now or never
Washington Kurdish Institute Since the establishment of the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923, the Kurds have suffered various forms of persecution including massacres and destruction of Kurdish villages and cities as part of a systematic, ideologically-driven campaign of ethnic cleansing. Mainly the wars on Kurds, not only in Turkey but in Iran, Iraq, and Syria […]