An International Committee of the Red Cross report outlines seven humanitarian-law rules and two recommendations for armed groups concerning family…
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A Human Rights Watch report documents how armed groups in Colombia recruit children through social media, deception, coercion, and threats,…
Christel Querton argues that forced marriage within armed groups can constitute forced recruitment and may establish a link between persecution…
Kaveh Shahbazi recounts how Instagram contacts persuaded him to join Komala as a teenager with promises of money, housing, a…
Saman Hamidinejad recounts entering a PJAK-controlled area at seventeen and spending fourteen days in a snow-covered mountain cave without adequate…
A 23-year-old woman identified as "Delnia" shares her testimony about the harsh realities of joining the Komala armed group. She…
The reality is that PJAK failed to act responsibly during internal unrests and refused to take a clear stance against…
As tensions escalate between Iran and the US-Israel axis, armed groups based in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) are…
August 19th marks World Humanitarian Day, a day when the world honors victims of violence. It is also a stark…
In the shadow of strict traditions and a closed cultural environment in Iran’s border regions, the fate of women sometimes…