On March 16th, supporters of Kurdish and human rights will come together to commemorate the anniversary of the Halabja poison gas attack, which was carried out by Iraqi forces against Kurdish civilians in the Iraqi town of Halabja in March …
Posted in Campaigns, Featured, Genocide, Illustrations, Iraq | 5 CommentsBelow is a letter from Farzad Kamangar, A Kurdish teacher who was sentenced to death for alleged ties to the PKK. In his trial, which lasted seven minutes, neither Kamangar or his lawyer were allowed to speak. Kamangar sent this …
Posted in Iran, Political Prisoners | 1 CommentStatelessness refers to the condition of a person who is not recognised as a national by any state. Stateless people are isolated by state legislation, leaving them vulnerable in ways that most of us never have to estimate. Stateless person …
Posted in Discrimination, Syria | Comments Off on Statelessness: A Denial of Human RightsBelow is a report by the Hewlar Tribune about the unearthing of three mass graves in Iraqi Kurdistan. The graves were filled with remnants of 272 bodies of Kurdish children who were murdered during the Al-Anfal campaign by Saddam Hussein. …
Posted in Genocide, Iraq, Mass Graves | Comments Off on Iraqi Kurdistan: Hundreds of Children Found in Mass Grave