On September 16, 2022, Kurdish woman JĂ®na (Mahsa) Amini was tortured and murdered by the forces of the Iranian regime. After this abhorrent act, a women-led demonstrations broke out across eastern Kurdistan and throughout Iran, with the slogan “Jin – Jiyan – Azadî”, meaning “Women – Life – Freedom” in Kurdish, emerging as the rallying…
The visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to Iraq and South Kurdistan aimed to legitimize and continue Ankara’s attacks in the region. We underlined that of the four states that dominate Kurdistan, Iraq constitutionally recognizes the existence and rights of the Kurds, and added that Turkey is trying to draw Iraq into its own…
Serious Threats to Life and Health of Abdullah Ă–calan Urgent Call on the Council of Europe, EU and UN for Ad Hoc Mission to Imrali Background Paper in PDFÂ Kurdish leader Abdullah Ă–calan and the whole Kurdish people under threat of total execution The history of the Kurds in the last 200 years of European…
Information Paper on the Current State of the Refugee Camp Makhmour (Maxmur) May 2023 Content: KNK’s Urgent Call to UNHCR to stop Iraqi Army’s aggression against the Kurdish refugees in Makhmour (Maxmur) Chronology of incidents in the Makhmour Refugee Camp Letter of the Residents of the Makhmour Refugee Camp to the UNHCR in Geneva A…
Mr. Filippo Grande United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees E-Mail: hqpi00@unhcr.org Twitter: @FilippoGrandi or @Refugees Urgent Call to UNHCR to stop Iraqi Army’s aggression against the Kurdish refugees in Makhmour This morning the Iraqi Armed Forces surrounded the UNHCR Makhmour (Mexmur) Refugee Camp with tens of armoured vehicles, special forces and police personnel, and…
-Background Information-April 2023- PDF en English – PDF en Castellano Introduction Human Rights Violations The Kurdish Alternative ErdoÄźan’s “Turkey First” Strategy ErdoÄźan’s Disaster: The Earthquakes The KCK Declares a Military Halt The May 14 Elections Ă–calan’s Freedom is Crucial for the future of the Kurds *** Introduction One hundred years ago the Treaty of Lausanne divided Kurdistan…
On causes and consequences – the state’s deliberate policy of discrimination against Kurds after the disaster – Background Information on the Inaction of the Turkish State – Solutions Proposed by the Kurdish Freedom Movement in this Time of the Crisis – February 2023Â in PDF: Information on the Earthquake in Kurdistan, Turkey and Syria INDEXÂ Â …
The Turkish Armed Forces have been using chemical weapons against the guerrilla fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Recently, 17 guerilla fighters were brutally killed in chemical weapons attacks. Download in PDF Turkey, a signatory and party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), is therefore in violation of its commitments to this treaty. For…