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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 […]
Suicide of girls in separatist groups
Suicide of women and girls in emerging groups and religions has become a normal phenomenon today. Suicide, as one of the forms of harm and social deviations, is a problem that all societies, both advanced and developing, are facing, and the increase in the suicide rate has brought increasing concern to today’s societies. There is […]
Children are the toy of adults
It has been many years that the issue of using children as a tool in regional wars in the world and especially in the Middle East has been receiving much attention. According to the reports published by the United Nations, many cases of the use of children in regional armed conflicts such as various Kurdish […]
Younes Rostami’s father: We have not heard from my son for 20 years
Iran Kurdistan Human Rights Watch has continued its ongoing talks with the families of the victims of the PKK / PJAK crime with “Younes Rostami’s father”, another victim. One of the consistent approaches of militant groups such as the PKK / PJAK is that after one or more years of the children being killed, they […]
Hatem Khan Jahan’s father: Why should PJAK kill my son in Turkey?
Iran Kurdistan Human Rights Watch has continued its ongoing talks with the families of the victims of the PKK / PJAK crimes with “Hatem Khan Jahan’s father”, another victim. One of the consistent approaches of militant groups such as the PKK / PJAK is that after one or more years of the children being killed, […]
Fear of civilians casualties arises as Turkey begins new operation in Iraq and Syria
Turkey carried out air strikes Tuesday in northern Iraq against rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions, causing casualties, authorities in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region said. “Turkish warplanes targeted several positions of Kurdistan Workers’ Party fighters,” particularly in the Makhmur and Sinjar regions, Kurdish counter-terrorism services said in a statement. “Turkish military aircraft bombed six PKK […]
Sarveh Khani’s brother: PJAK told us “there’s no body”.
Following the ongoing talks with the families of the victims of the PKK / PJAK crimes, the Human Rights Watch of Iran has arranged another conversation with the brother of a young woman called “Sarveh Khani”, from Divandere city, another victim. One of the constant approaches of militant groups such as PKK / PJAK is […]
PKK’s Syrian wing YPG also deceives, forcefully holds, and indoctrinates children
Not unlike Iranian wing PJAK, PKK's Syrian wing YPG continues to kidnap minors to use them as child soldiers. Muhammad Azad Hasan (15) is the latest victim.