Hira recounts her recruitment by PAK as a teenager, subsequent confinement and abuse, repeated escape attempts, and her eventual flight…
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This third installment details Hira's harrowing experiences within the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), highlighting systematic physical torture, solitary confinement, and…
This second installment details the systematic abuse, forced marriages, and severe physical torture inflicted upon underage recruits within the Kurdistan…
This report details the coercive recruitment of an Iranian Kurdish teenager named Hira into the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK). Lured…
A distraught father from Ilam has appealed to IKHRW following the disappearance and recruitment of his 14-year-old son into the…
This legal analysis examines Jan Kleffner's research on international humanitarian law and non-state armed groups, focusing on conflict thresholds, legal…
This article analyzes the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 2024 global report on non-state armed groups, detailing engagement…
A 32-year-old former defector details how he was lured across the Iranian border into the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) through…
A survivor's account details severe human rights abuses, forced labor, and child recruitment within the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) military…
A survivor from Mahabad reveals the double standards in societal reactions to gender-based violence, highlighting the silence surrounding Kurdish women…