Category: Report
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 […]
Family of teenager recruited by PJAK: My brother’s body is buried somewhere in Syria
Amin Randigonbodi was a teenager when recruited by PJAK, some time before his obituary announcement was published from far away, from Syria. Amin is the son of Abdul Rahman Randigonbodi, from Urmia. His brother emphasized in an interview with IKHRW’s reporter that Amin was not a militant, had no particular political beliefs, and had no […]
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.