Category: Report
Abuse of status in Sulaimani
Following the arrest of a Peshmerga Major General during a police intervention in Sulaimani on Tuesday (May 5), three police officers were wounded when the man’s relatives opened fire on a police station in the city’s Bakhtiari neighborhood. Police Chief Aso Taha said that the incident began when police officers responded to a local traffic […]
Second ISIS wife on trial in Germany
Court proceedings have begun in Germany against a woman who stands accused of crimes against humanity, membership of a terrorist organization, and the enslavement of a 13-year-old Yezidi girl. The case against Omaima Abdi, a German-Tunisian, came to court after she was tracked down by a Lebanese journalist, Jenan Moussa. Abdi is the wife of […]
North Syria’s farmland remains unplanted
Before the Syrian civil war, 40% of Syria’s total wheat production came from Hasakah governate. Throughout the Syrian civil war, this area changed hands many times. Part of the governate is currently in hands of the PYD/PKK administration, other part of the governate is in hands of the Turkey-backed rebel opposition. Estimates show 440,000 hectares […]
Ocalan: No one should build their future plans over me
Abdullah Öcalan, who has been serving a life sentence in a prison on the İmralı Island since 1999, was allowed a phone call with a member of his family for the first time in 21 years on April 28. During the phone call, Öcalan focused on the Kurdish unity in the Middle East, as he […]
۱۰th anniversary of the murdering of Sardasht Osman
Today is the tenth anniversary of the murdering of Sardasht Osman. He was an Erbil-based journalist and was killed for his 348-word satire titled “I am in love with Barzani’s daughter”, in which he compared how vastly different his life would be as a member of the Barzani family, notorious for its vast wealth and […]
۸-year old brutally murdered in Duhok province
An 8-year old Syrian child of Arab origins has been found brutally murdered, hit on the head with a big block of concrete. He was found yesterday near the Domiz mosque, located close to refugee camp Domiz, in the Zummar area of Duhok province. Duhok province is one of the areas under KDP control and […]
PKK’s European wing continues to ignore lockdown measures
With the novel coronavirus causing a humanitarian crisis across the globe, and severe lockdowns throughout most of European countries. Social gatherings have been forbidden for two months now in most West-European countries, in an attempt to prevent the spreading of the virus. One of the European cities that has been hit the hardest, is Paris. […]
Yazidi militia performing ethnic cleansing in West Mosul
A Human Rights Watch report issued on Wednesday urged the Iraqi government to hold fighters from Iraq’s Yazidi community accountable for war crimes. The watchdog reported that Yazidi armed forces executed 52 civilians in apparent revenge killings after capturing territory from ISIL extremists. “For those units that have been abusive, there has to be some […]
Yet another ISIS prison break-out
Sources in Hasekah tell IKHRW another breakout attempt is happening right now at the major ISIS detention facility there, housing thousands of suspected ISIS fighters. Coalition drones and helicopters are circling over the Gheiran neighborhood for two hours now, and locals have been asked to remain indoors. The uprising is in an ISIS detention facility […]
KCK releases second statement on Zini Werta situation
The KCK has released a statement on the Zini Werta stand-off. It said it would show responsibility. “As a matter of fact, although the area where the peshmergas were sent to is very important for us, we try to respond to the aspirations of the Kurdish people by showing the necessary patience, common sense and […]