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PKK recruits another child in Syrian Kurdistan

An organization, affiliated with the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), has reportedly abducted another child in Syrian Kurdistan, a local source said on Sunday. The 16-year-old girl was reportedly kidnapped by the organization of Jwanen Shorishger, also known as the Revolutionary Youth, in Derik area, Syrian Kurdistan, as the PKK-affiliated continues to recruit teenagers and prepare […]

Salman Moradi’s father: PJAK refuses to give me news about my two sons

Salman Moradi (15) was tricked into joining PJAK 3 years ago. Brother Naseh followed one year after. Their father wants to know what happened to his sons.

Geneva Call; will you follow up on these children?

The kidnapping of minors and the deception of the youth in all countries with a Kurdish minority and the presence of PKK-affiliated organizations continues. This also happens on a regular basis in Iranian Kurdistan, where Iranian Kurdish teenagers are influenced and deceived both through social media platforms and local handlers deliberately targeting them, to be […]

Siamand Moeini needs to accept responsibility for the crimes and wrongdoings of PJAK / Part One

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 […]

Lost in PJAK: Idris Faraji (part 5)

In a special note to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, a former PJAK member examines the forced disappearance and death of Iranian Kurdish teenagers in the PJAK / PKK terrorist group, and provides the watchdog with specific information about them. It is worth mentioning that all this information has been obtained from the official […]

A girl from Salmas, the latest Iranian victim of PJAK terrorism: Jamshideh Ziba

The scholars and researchers have always focused on the situation of women in terrorist groups such as PJAK and PKK. Trying to exploit the traditional and sometimes anti-woman atmosphere in Kurdish society, these groups, promise girls and women freedom and prosperity; but in practice, women and girls become sex slaves and simple members of the […]

Nureddin Mostafaei; Delayed announcement of death by PJAK and a mother’s stroke

  Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch recently announced a news item in protest of the Euphrates News Agency – affiliated with the PJAK/PKK terrorist group – that the PKK group announced the deaths of Iranian members with a delay of several months and sometimes even several years, in a new and unfortunate procedure. The Observatory […]

Child soldier recruitment flourishes amid coronavirus pandemic

More children could be pushed into joining armed groups in conflict zones as families face increasing poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a top United Nations official warned Friday. The exact number of child soldiers is unknown, but in 2019 alone about 7,740 children – some as young as 6 – were recruited and used […]

A Report on the Consequences and Threats of the PJAK Group in the Border Areas of Western Iran: How they annoy the people (Part 1)

In an interview with a reporter of the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW), Mr. Daneshvar told us on the day when his 16-year-old son, Arash, went to play with other children in the village nearby but never came back. The tragic death of two brothers, Azad and Farhad Khosravi, and the resemblance of their […]

The (forced) recruitment of four underaged boys in Ney village, Mariwan, Iranian Kurdistan

Reports have stated that four underaged boys, one of them with a mental disability, from Ney village, in Mariwan, Iranian Kurdistan have been deceived into joining ‘Party for a Free Life Kurdistan’ or PJAK. After spending two days and nights in a hiding place near the village, the boys were sent to the Asos mountain […]
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