Category: Report
IKHRW statement: Iranian Kurds present at the Belarus-Poland border tragedy
IKHRW has been closely monitoring the humanitarian crisis enfolding on the border between Belarus and Poland. Over the last weeks, thousands of Iraqi Kurds have attempted to travel into the European Union through Belarus. IKHRW has been able to confirm there is a small number of Iranian nationals among the thousands of migrants marching towards […]
Syrian rebels mobilize for possible Turkish attack on Kurdish fighters
Syrian rebels say they are standing by to join a new offensive threatened by Turkey against Kurdish YPG fighters in northern Syria, as Ankara eyes another campaign against a group it views as a threat to national security. Turkey has mounted three offensives into Syria since 2016 against the YPG, which Ankara deems an enemy […]
Siamand Moeini and the need to accept responsibility for crimes and wrongdoings of PJAK / Part 2
As observed by the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, on Monday night, November 24, 2021, Mr. Siamand Moeini, the head of the PJAK armed and militant group (a branch of the PKK terrorist group), who has been working against the Islamic Republic from the heart of Europe (Stockholm, Sweden), while himself avoiding the dangers of […]
KDPI’s human shield: the families of militia members
The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, which has repeatedly used children as an armed force, violated international rights and children’s rights, and has also deployed women in armed operations, is now effectively using women and children that reside in their camps as human shield. Local sources and journalists in Iraq-Iran border region explained to IKHRW […]
Europe or Turkish prison; Parviz Ghobadi’s PKK membership experience
"My son was 17 years old when he was deceived by the PKK in 2004. They promised him Europe. But after years of ignorance, worry and stress, we just found out that he was imprisoned in Turkey. We were told the reason was his membership in the PKK.
IRGC intelligence foils PAK militant group’s attempt to recruit three underage girls (aged 14, 16 and 16)
IRGC intelligence forces tracked down three teenage girls, 16-year-old Tara Ahmadi, 14-year-old Sonia Karimi and Parya Fathi, in Javanrood, Kermanshah province that were about to be smuggled out of the country on request of their families.
Four family members killed in Turkish bombardment against northeast Syria village
Four members of the same family were killed during a Turkish bombardment near the northern Syrian town of Ain Issa this week, the Iraqi Kurdish news agency Rudaw reported late on Thursday. Early on Wednesday, Turkish forces bombed a Christian house in Safawiyah village near Ain Issa. The attack left Zidan Khalaf al-Issa and his three children […]
Al Monitor reveals crimes of Turkish mercenaries against the women of Afrin
Al-Monitor reports on women from Afrin, imprisoned by Turkish mercenaries, and who have witnessed torture, rape and harassment every day.
Iraq’s Kurdish region is not a model for free speech
The continuing crackdown on press freedom in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is threatening its democratic future.
KDPI militia admits violating Children’s Rights by flaunting its child soldiers publicly
IKHRW calls on the international community to break the silence, and report on violations of human rights and child recruitment in Kurdistan.
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