Category: Report
The need for a “serious response from the Iranian government” to the actions of Kurdish militant groups
Zahra Shukru from Selmas (14 years old) was eager to escape carpet weaving, and lured into PKK/PJAK membership under false pretenses. Recurrence of her bitter fate must be prevented.
The United States, Canada, and the European Union welcome a report on freedom of expression in Kurdistan
Representatives of the United States, Canada, the European Union and member states in Erbil welcome a UNAMI report on the state of freedom of expression and fair trial in the Kurdistan Region, published at the end of last month. Report about Freedom of Expression and Media Work in the Kurdistan Region On Wednesday, 22-12-2021, […]
Understanding PJAK’s Social Media recruitment process
This investigation explores the issue of PJAK/PKK recruitment through social media, most particularly on their Telegram channels that are set up to look like 'news channels', a Twitter campaign, and videos posted on sites such as YouTube and ANFpersian. This is an attempt to analyze the communication process between a well-crafted message and a vulnerable audience.
PJAK’s biggest crime: Two more Iranian Kurds die in the PKK’s fruitless war in Turkey
While new news is published every day about the PKK-Turkey war, and Turkey has bombed Kurdish-held areas in North-East Syria, and occupied several areas in the Kurdistan region under the pretext of the PKK’s presence. To make up for the loss and shortage of manpower, PKK again turned to its pool of Iranian members, and […]
Turkish group not only threatens Kurds, it also threatens Persians
Racists calling themselves “Ataman Brotherhood” attacked and recorded themselves beating an Afghan youth! A vandal group calling themselves “Ataman Brotherhood” attacked an Afghan who was walking by himself in Istanbul with racist motives. In addition, the group that published the moments of the attack stated that it will continue its attacks. In Turkey, where the […]
Dozens more Iraqi Kurds drown as bodies of 16 killed in Channel boat disaster are repatriated
Kurdish journalist, Ranj Pishdari, opened a Facebook live on the night of December 21 to break the news that a migrant boat needed urgent help near Thira island in Greece. While doing so, he receives a phone call from one of the migrants, asking him to send them help. “Please help us. I swear we […]
Father of two PJAK members: My wife died because of the separation of our children
Siamak and Diako Ahmadi were two brothers from Sanandaj who were deceived by PJAK forces in 2014 and joined this group. Diako was killed in 2018 and the family has no news about Siamak. In an exclusive interview with the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, the father of the two brothers (Awat Ahmadi) provided important […]
Belgian intelligence agency (VSSE) reveals how PKK uses Belgium as a centre in Europe
The Belgian intelligence agency (VSSE) reveals how PKK uses Belgium as a centre in Europe in its annual report. The following text is the part of the report which mentions the PKK and the threats a PKK presence in Belgium pose. PKK ACTIVITIES IN BELGIUM Both ideological and religious extremism can have a strong […]
Recruitment of 11 Kurdish children in North-East Syria (IDs provided)
The gunmen of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) kidnapped 11 Kurdish children from separate areas of Syrian Kurdistan, within a short record period, ranging from 12 to 16 years old, and took them to an unknown destination. According to the information published by ARK Agency and Al-Khabour agency, which ocal Kurdish and Arab news agencies […]
LOST in PJAK: Fatemeh Mehbakhsh (Part 14)
In a special note to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, a former PJAK member investigates the forced disappearance and death of Iranian Kurdish teenagers in the PJAK / PKK, and provides the watchdog with specific information about “Fatemeh Mehbakhsh.” In these notes, this former member of PJAK introduces the person in question and her […]