Category: Report
PYD and ENKS hold a rare meeting
Commander-in-Chief of the SDF, PYD’s military wing, Mezlum Ebdi stated in a news conference today that the stances of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Kurdish National Council in Syria (ENKS) and all other political parties are positive on the issue of Kurdish unity. Ebdi also called on all political parties to support the […]
Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW) warns Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government officials
Numerous reports published in News Agencies confirm the escalating tensions between the Kurdistan Regional Goverment (KRG) and the PKK militias and reports from the KRG indicate that Turkey is seriously restricting the PKK in the region with the cooperation of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). On the other hand, we have been informed by […]
Rudaw belittles women on live TV: the result of tribalism
Translated from German Last night, Rudaw had a special program and the headline was ”Romi Harki: Women must fear their men.” In the 30 minute lasting program, the Iraqi Kurdish singer Romi Harki was interviewed about his views on women and their place in society. Harki has made very disturbing statements throughout the show, that […]
SDF can’t secure a river crossing: security vacuum in SDF-held areas continues
Translated from German Syria Democratic Forces, backed by International Coalition air support, raided river crossings used for smuggling goods and people from SDF-held areas to government-held areas on the Euphrates river’s other bank. The East-Euphrates area is known for its attacks by ISIS sleeper cells. Reports state that smugglers here pay taxes to ISIS to […]
A letter to the Special Reporter on the Right to the Highest Standards of Physical and Mental Health of the United Nations
Dear Mr. Dainius Pūras, To the Special Reporter on the Right to the Highest Standards of Physical and Mental Health of the United Nations. The Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW) was established in 2018 as an institution for humanitarian, non-governmental, and non-profit human rights organizations with the aim of protecting the rights of Iranian […]
Zini Werta: PUK deescalates the situation
After a military stand-off between KDP, PUK and PKK in the Zini Werta area, PUK has decided to deescalate the situation. Even though KDP invaded PUK territory here, setting up a KDP checkpoint only meters from a PKK camp and gave coordinates to Turkey which led to airstrikes, PUK decided not to be lured into […]
YPG /PKK spokesman calls all people in Idlib terrorists
Translated from German by IKHRW Some 2 million people in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib are “terrorists” and should be killed, according to a so-called press officer of the YPG/PKK terrorist group, named Ibrahim Ibrahim, a kurd originally from Afrin. . The World Health Organization providing the people of Idlib with medical aid to […]
Turkey bombs Makhmour camp
Makhmur Refugee Camp, which was founded in 1998, lies in the Makhmour district of North Iraq. It hosts about 12,000 Kurdish pro-PKK refugees, who fled the civil war between the PKK and the Turkish state in the 1990s. Reportedly, several Iranian families with PKK ties have been tricked and moved to Makhmour Camp in the […]
Syria’s oil is pouring through the streets of Rimeylan
A very large part of Syria’s oil reserves are located in North-East Syria, in areas that are occupied by the PYD/PKK forces. As Syria has been under embargo for years and the economic crisis hits Syria even harder, its oil is pouring through the streets of Rimeylan, a small town near the Iraqi border which […]
German government officially recognizes PYD as PKK in refusal letter to Syrian refugee
A Syrian man of Kurdish origin, called Fawaz Ayo, fled to Germany last year. In the district Verden, he applied for a residency permit for refugees. During his application time, Ayo has visited multiple PYD meetings. This week, Ayo has received a refusal letter concerning his application. The letter states the following: “Dear Mr. AYO, […]