Category: Report
Protest continues in the Kurdistan Region, one peshmerga killed
Protest against the rulers of the Kurdistan Region continues while reports indicate that some civilians have been killed and injured. In the Penjwin area, protesters attacked the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) affiliated with Massoud Barzani, and a Peshmerga member of the KDP was killed. Eight civilians have been killed in the past […]
PKK released its 3 child soldiers
Recruiting child soldiers in the PKK dates back since its establishment, and photographs of Abdullah Ocalan’s presence in Lebanon’s Baqa Valley also show armed children with whom he met as a member of the PKK. In recent years, human rights organizations have pointed to and emphasizded on the issue of human rights abuses by the […]
This month in PJAK’s history
۲۴ November 2004 Urmia: A five-member team of PJAK terrorists attacked Gangchin village of Urmia province at night and attacked the house of a villager, threatening him and other residents not to cooperate with local officials. ۳ December 2004 Urmia: A four-member team of PJAK terrorists entered one of the suburbs and Kurdish neighborhoods of […]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran must follow the fate of Iranians in the PKK / PJAK
In line with its responsibilities to defend human rights, the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW), focusing on cases of violations by violent and armed Kurdish groups, especially the PKK / PJAK, considers it necessary to criticize the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and urges the Ministry to pursue the fate of dozens of Iranian […]
Basnews Agency: “PJAK killed 13-year-old Asrin”
A report by the Barzani-affiliated Basnews Agency has investigated the kidnapping of Kurdish children by the PKK / PJAK. The report of this news agency states that “PKK abducts, arms the Kurdish children in Iranian Kurdistan and kills those who try to escape.” The report goes on to say, “According to information received by Basnews, […]
Human rights activists protest PJAK crimes against women
According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW), a large group of human rights and civil society activists took part in a Twitter storm at the invitation of the IKHRW on Saturday, December 27, 2016, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. To protest against the violation of human […]
Mehmet Bulovali: Every day we see escape stories of PKK members
Mehmet Bulovali, an Iraqi-Kurdish political analyst, who was born and grew up in Kirkuk, an oil-rich city regarded as Jerusalem for the Kurd, says: “People [particularly, the Kurds] have been tired of PKK’s armed campaign. In the past, I would not hear much that people were escaping from the Qandil mountains [the mountain headquarters of […]
Medya Nasreddin in Qamishlo: PKK must return the abducted children
Medya Nasreddin, co-chair of the Office for the Protection of Children in Armed Conflict, said the kidnapped children for the armed forces must be returned, otherwise we will set up a mechanism to prosecute the perpetrators of the abduction. The office held a press conference at the headquarters of the Social Affairs Department of the […]
List of arrested journalists in Kurdistan Region
On its Twitter account, Kurdistan Watch has published a list of names and photos of journalists arrested in the Kurdistan Region. Citing the journalists and their whereabouts, Kurdistan Watch writes that these people have been arrested in the past few months because of the suppression of expreession freedom and they criticize the policies of the […]
Barzani’s advisor: PKK must be expelled from Shangal
The adviser to the preseident of the Kurdistan Regional Government on Yazidi Kurdish affairs says Baghdad and Erbil are coordinating more to normalize the situation in Sinjar/Shangal and expel foreign armed groups. Sheikh Shamo says that according to the UN Special Representative for Iraq, the Shangal Peace Congress will be held next month. Sheikh Shamo […]