Category: Report
KRG protests against lockdown
As the COVID-19 cases face an increase in North-Iraq’s KRG, new lockdowns are imposed on its citizens. With the delays in payments of government officials and a profit gap for those that have businesses in different sectors, the economical pressure on the population increases day by day. Yesterday night, people in both Ranya and Darbandikhan […]
Arrests and kidnappings of children and women by Turkish-backed factions
Arrests and kidnappings of children and women by Turkish-backed factions take place in most areas occupied by Turkey in north Syria. These kidnappings are a way these factions obtain intelligence and money. Here are some names of women and children who were kidnapped lately: ۱- Fatima Muhammad Hassan (22-year-old), from Aleppo. She was living in […]
Kurdish political activist to the IKHRW: Talebani family is anti-Kurdish
Due to the escalation and deepening of the differences between the two ruling parties in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Massoud Barzani and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), a party led by the family of Jalal Talebani, discussions are underway in various circles in the KRG. The KRG is […]
Abdullah Ocalan’s view on the women
One only has to watch a video to understand Ocalan’s view of women. In the video, he literally tells the women in the room, including Sakine Cansiz, that they can grow in the organization if they’ll be with him. One should also notice the way the women behave, as if they’re under threat. Most of […]
PKK denounces Kurdish flag
The PKK and its European wings hold protest marches and rallies on a weekly basis. In this video, you see a Kurdish mother that comes to a rally carrying the flag of Kurdistan instead of the PKK flag. She is pushed out of the protest by the organizational team, who do not allow her to […]
Clashes erupt between Turkish proxies in Ras al-Ayn after rape case
Fierce clashes erupted today between the Suqur a-Shammal faction and fighters from Deir Ezzor (Jaysh & Ahrar a-Sharqiya) in Ras al-Ayn after a Suqur fighter kidnapped a woman originally from Deir Ezzor to rape her. Ras al-Ayn was captured from the SDF in the last Turkish invasion of NE Syria and is now ruled by […]
Hasakah insecurity: SDF expels residents from their homes near ISIS prison
IKHRW registrates new expulsions in Hasakah Guiram neighbourhood. As a result of the prison revolts and escapes that have occurred over the last months in the prisons that hold ISIS members, SDF forces people in the neighborhood out of their homes. The riots and expulsions underscore the fragile security situation in North-East Syria, as the […]
US’s colonel Outzen wants Kurdish and Turkish-led factions to unite and edge out President Assad
A U.S. State Department official is pushing for talks between Turkish- and Kurdish-led factions in Syria as part of a broader push for a political solution that would edge out Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. The United States has attempted to court both Turkey and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces—who have been at war with each […]
Yalçın Küçük: I kept the Kurds away from Barzani, otherwise they would fight for independence instead of a democratic Turkey
Through the words of Yalçın Küçük, who was detained in relation to the Ergenekon trials and released in December 2012, I want to show you once again the treason PKK has committed to the Kurds from Turkey. Or that the PKK itself, acted by order of theTurkish ‘Ergenekon’. Küçük was accused of being one of […]
New Kurdish party announced in North-East Syria
PYD-affiliated news outlets have confirmed the formation of a new umbrella organization for Kurdish parties that operate in North-East Syria. The statement was as following: “25 political parties and movements in North-East Syria formed a political umbrella aimed at uniting the Kurdish rank called “Kurdish National Unity Parties.”” The text of a written statement included […]