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Idris Rostami joined PAK for quitting drug
Idris Rostami: The main reason for my membership in the PAK was the economic issues and low income in Iran. Idris Rostami, born in 1994 in Marivan, is one those who fell into the trap of PAK and has been in this group for 4 years in order to obtain a residence card which is […]
The narrative of Saman Sobhani about a prison named PAK
Saman Sobhani, born on 20/1/1994 in Sanandaj, was a former member of the armed group PAK, who left Iran and joined this group due to poverty and lack of suitable and sufficient employment. According to IKHRW from Sanandaj, poverty, unemployment, and lack of access to basic healthcare, force many young Kurds in Iran to resort […]
In Iraq’s summer, residents of Kurdistan’s Arbil ache for water
Boys cool off with water from a mobile tanker as summer temperatures soar in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region — Safin HAMID The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, 80-year-old Babir hasn’t bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water deliveries. “There […]
Reasons for the joining of Navid Asadi in a Kurdish armed group
The social damages such as divorce and poverty; one of the reasons for the joining of Navid Asadi in a Kurdish armed group. According to IKHRW report from Sanandaj, one of the social damages in the current Iranian society is the high divorce rate and the damages inflicted on the family. After divorce, Child of […]
Gouna Salehi enters in Komala aiming the escape from forced marriages
The subject today is Gouna Salehi, born in 1997, is a member of the armed group Komala. According to IKHRW, one of the most significant social and economic challenges in Kurdish-populated areas in the Middle East, including Iran, is the lack of respect for women’s rights in various fields, with varying degrees of intensity and […]
The story of the mistake of Somayeh Rajabi
IKHRW reporter’s subject today is Mozhdeh (Somayeh) Rajabi. According to IKHRW in Kamyaran, one of the key factors in recruitment of new deceived members into Kurdish armed groups, especially PJAK, is the exploitation of the members’ life problems and deceiving them. PJAK attracts its members, especially women, by promising to solve problems and provide free […]
Narration of Shahriyar Mohammadpour from Kolberi to membership in PJAK Sect
In 2018, Shahriyar Mohammadpour was working as a Kolberi, but one day he lost his way and got lost in the mountains. According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, one of the main reasons for the membership of Iranian Kurdish young people in armed groups such as PJAK is poverty and unemployment in the […]
Former member of PAK armed group: All promises of armed groups are false
Purpose of PAK was showing fake and false power and creating the illusion of power and effectiveness in us! According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, one of the most important reasons for the deception of Iranian Kurdish youth and teenagers and joining armed and militant groups and being imprisoned in the mafia structure […]
August 15, PKK and continued massacre of Kurdish children during its 39 years of fruitless conflict
During these 39 years, August 15 is the day that the Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK started armed activity against the military under the orders of Ankara. Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the PKK, who before the military coup of 1980 preferred to escape and fled to Syria and Lebanon along with his wife […]
Child soldier is a terrible word in the shadow of governments inaction
For many years, the topic of using children as a tool in regional wars in the world and especially in the Middle East has been of great interest. According to the reports published by the United Nations, many cases of the use of children in armed conflicts in regions such as Kurdistan and other regions […]