Tag Archives: PJAK
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 […]
PJAK’s new crime; Announcing the death of an Iranian member after 9 months
PJAK, the armed and militant group, which has been repeatedly criticized by human rights organizations for abducting and deceiving children and their disappearance, in its latest crime, has published the names of 2 of its members nine months after they were killed. Firat News Agency, the media organ of PKK/PJAK, has published the names of […]
Another Iranian became a victim of the PKK-Türkiye war
Why should an Iranian youth be killed in the PKK war with the Turkish army? The Firat news agency affiliated with the Turkish PKK armed group has announced in its latest announcement that “three forces of this group, including an Iranian and a member of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) on June 15, 2023 were […]
Violation of children’s rights by PJAK
Denial of Children’s access to humanitarian aid by PJAK. It was mentioned in the previous reports of the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW) on various crimes against children, that the United Nations Security Council, by establishing the “Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflicts” in 1996, officially addressed the issue of the presence of […]
International Missing Children’s Day and remembering PJAK’s responsibility
May 25th is International Missing Children’s Day. The purpose is to support missing children who may be threatened, sexually abused, harassed or trafficked, with the slogan: “No child is alone”. Probably every Kurd who believes in the rights of these people in the Middle East, is reminded of the Kurdish children who have missed during […]
The letter of the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW) to the members of the European Parliament (MEP)
Representatives of the European Parliament – Brussels According to the news published in various media, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the headquarters of the European Parliament will host various political groups opposed to the Islamic Republic. This meeting will be held with the presence of almost all the opponents of the Islamic Republic and […]
Syrian Kurdish children are not the only children who are recruited as child soldiers by PKK-affiliated organizations
Kidnapping of minors and deception of young people in all countries with Kurdish minority and the presence of PKK-affiliated organizations continue. This happens regularly in Iranian Kurdistan, where Iranian Kurdish teenagers are influenced and tricked both through social media platforms and by local operators who deliberately target them to later move to the Qandil region […]
Iraj left home due to poverty
Iraj Jafari was born in Maku city in 1997 and later went to Chalderan with his family. At the age of 18, i.e. in 2014, after enduring very severe mental conditions and escaping from these conditions, Iraj set foot on the path of no return and finally became a victim of his hasty decision. Hearing […]
How did they send Behzad to the mountains?
Behzad had conflicts and problems with his mother and they did not get along somehow. According to his father, some of Behzad’s friends tricked him and took him to PJAK. Behzad Mahmoudi was only 15 years old at that time and it can be said that he was a child. Of course, we should also […]
Setareh Zadhesh’s escape from PJAK
Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, after following the fate of Setareh Zadhesh for several years, found out that she managed to escape from PJAK. Setareh Zadhesh’s escape from PJAK in an interview with IKHRW reporter and the story that lasted seven years among PJAK militias: The star told her story like this: I was almost […]