Hundreds of students marched the streets of Sulaimaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and called for an investigation into the murder of a Kurdish journalist. Sardasht Othman, a Kurdish journalist that was known for his critical writings of the …
Posted in Iraq, Journalists, Kurdistan, Violence | Comments Off on Demonstrators in Iraqi Kurdistan call for investigation of journalist murderTomorrow, March 16th, marks the 22nd anniversary of the Halabja poison gas attack which was carried out as part of the Al-Anfal genocide campaign to terrorize the Kurdish population and peshmerga rebels in northern Iraq. The attack, which was executed …
Posted in Activism, Genocide, Iraq, Suppression, Terror | 1 CommentOne of the most common traits of every individual genocide is it is consistently negated by its perpetrators. This is mainly rampant in societies that do not possess democratic system of power. A very lucid instance is the republic of …
Posted in Genocide, Iraq, Suppression, Turkey | Comments Off on On Turkey’s Genocide of the KurdsOn 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 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 GraveYears before the Saddam regime targeted civilians on their Kurdish identity, it targeted people with associations to the Barzan tribe (Mizori Balla, Sherwanis, Dolamaris and of course Barzanis from the village of Barzan). Some 8,000 Barzani males over the age …
Posted in Genocide, Iraq, Mass Graves | 1 CommentThe recent decision by Turkey’s parliament to authorize the Turkish military to conduct military raids across the Iraqi border, allegedly to combat PKK militants, wasn’t met with any significant reaction from the world community. Kurdish politicians in Iraq have voiced …
Posted in Displacements, Iran, Iraq, Kurdish Human Rights Project, Turkey | 3 CommentsThe Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP) expresses concern for civilians impacted by cross-border military operations by Turkey and Iran in Kurdistan. KHRP conducted a fact-finding mission in the region and met with civilians that have been directly impacted by the …
Posted in Displacements, Iran, Iraq, Kurdish Human Rights Project, Kurdistan, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on KHRP: Kurdish civilians impacted by Turkish and Iranian military operations