Tag Archives: child soldiers
Finaz and Bahauddin are still in mourning
Finaz and Bahauddin Hassanzadeh live in a deprived border village in Khoy city in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Another deprivation was added to their life: they were deprived of seeing their son Muhammad forever. Mohammad was still a teenager who fell into the trap of the PKK / PJAK of death and could not escape. […]
The call of Murad Karayilan and the girls’ response
Murad Karayilan, commander of the PKK’s armed wing and its affiliates, is seeking to make up for the loss of armed fighters following repeated PKK defeats in decades-old strategic locations in northern Iraq that killed many PKK members. Following the PKK’s call, its members tried hard and eventually abducted about a dozen underage girls, even […]
Hamid Jahangiri and the story of his trip to Kars
Hamid Jahangiri’s irreversible journey began when PKK / PJAK members deceived him in the village where he lived. Rostam and Banafsheh, his parents, were not aware of PJAK members meeting with Hamid in the village. They found out when it was too late. Although they went to PJAK headquarters in the foothills of the Kandil […]
From the Lebanese missing to the Kurds missing
A few days ago, a terrible bomb shook the Lebanese capital and left many homeless. In addition to killing more than 150 people, several thousand were injured. Some people also went missing. Many, including Kurdish activists, spoke and wrote about sympathy for the Lebanese people and called for an investigation. Expressing sympathy is right and […]
Kamran had not even heard the name of Shengal, but …
Kamran Dalaei Milan, the son of Ismael and Shamam, was born in a deprived village of Maku city in the province of West Azerbaijan, Iran. He was still a student when he came across death dealers, members of the PKK / PJAK. He was kidnapped and taken away by trickery. After joining due to deception […]
Issa has targeted his life!
Issa Shams never knew that he was going to put aside his pen, notebook and school books and take up arms in the mountains of Qandil and in the damp caves where PJAK members live, and to target his future and life. Issa, the son of Mustafa and Javaher, was born in a deprived village […]
Lightning in Qandil and death in Shangal
Mohsen Ghafouri, the son of Baqer and Golnaz from Sanandaj, thought that Qandil was somewhere in Europe, and by watching the programs of a PKK / PJAK-affiliated network and seeing male and female singers, he believed the words of PKK / PJAK members who said that he could go there for a better life, too. […]
Why was Iraj Brooki Milan buried in Beit Shabab?
Iraj Brooki Milan, son of Ahmad and Azizeh, was born into a deprived family in a village affiliated to the city of Maku in West Azerbaijan, Iran. PJAK members continued their poisonous and hateful actions and put Iraj on the path of death. After recruiting Iraj, they chose an organizational name for him as usual. […]
From Nasser Shojaei to Jotkar Sisir
Qotur is a region with the center of Qotur city affiliated to Khoy in West Azerbaijan province of Iran. The villages in this Kurdish region are one of the PKK / PJAK targets for recruiting fighters through deception and kidnapping. Nasser Shojaei, son of Aladdin and Gozel, is one of these victims. Nasser, who was […]
PKK / PJAK / HDP Baseless Claims and Reality: The Case of Child Soldiers
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has recruited children in various fields since its establishment: soldiers, drug dealers in European metropolises, and the production of porno films. The recruitment of child soldiers by the PKK / PJAK and other branches of the group has been criticized by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other human rights […]