Tag Archives: ABUSE
Aria Salehi’s Account of Membership and Abuse in the PDKI
Aria Salehi: I was only 15 years old when I joined this party, clearly underage According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch in Sardasht, one of the recruitment platforms for Kurdish armed parties is cyberspace. This platform is attractive to these parties because: firstly, it is accessible to a large segment of young people […]
Sexual violence against children
The previous reports of the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW) on various crimes against children, mentioned that the United Nations Security Council, officially addressed the issue of the presence of children in war and internal and international armed conflicts in 1996. At the same time, the United Nations General Assembly sought to collect information […]
Media Ethics in Iraqi Kurdistan
Yesterday, viewers of Rudaw News Channel could watch a program, in which a 10-year-old girl was invited to describe the trauma she has experienced. This young girl, who told her story on live TV, had been raped by six different men over the last two years. The way this program was shown, actually shows us […]
On Twitter account, Adil Hafiza: PKK has a dark face
Adil Hafiza, an institute on children’s rights, on Twitter account, discussed various human rights violations committed by the PKK and wrote: “The dark face of terrorism is as such: – PKK / YPG / PKK / kidnapp the Children, – They are recruited for terrorist attacks, – The children are used as a human shield […]
“Shengal must be autonomous with a self-governing constitution”
With his statement on the 6th commemoration of the Yazidi massacre of the 3rd of August, 2014, SDF commander Mazloum Kobane, calls for the Yazidi people to have autonomy, with a self-governing constitution. Thousands of Yazidis have been murdered, enslaved, and many are still missing. Thousands still live in IDP camps throughout North-Iraq, unable to […]