Category: Iraq

Turkey is attacking Kurdistan, Turkish warplanes are bombing Kurdistan!

June 15, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Dai primi minuti della mattina del 15 giugno, 60 aerei da guerra dello stato turco hanno bombardato 81 località, comprese le aree civili, a Makhmour, Sinjar, Qandil, Zap e Xakurk. I media turchi, come sempre, hanno cercato di legittimare il bombardamento affermando che era contro i “terroristi”.Nel Kurdistan settentrionale lo stato turco ha utilizzato tutti i meccanismi statali per impedire al popolo curdo di partecipare alla politica democratica.

Iraq, News, Turkey

Turkish jets bomb Shengal, Maxmur and Qandil

June 15, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The Turkish state has launched a wave of air raids in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq tonight. The strikes targeted several positions in the regions of Qandil, Maxmur and Shengal (Sinjar), including a refugee camp and hospital.

Iraq, News

Maxmur Camp doctors struggle because of the embargo

May 27, 2020June 4, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The Iraqi state medical center in Maxmur is not enough to cope with all needs. In the event of serious health problems and even for routine checks for chronic illnesses, the population used to rely on hospitals in Hewlêr (Erbil), sixty kilometers away.

Iraq

Makhmur Camp: Struggle for dignity and identity

May 23, 2020June 4, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The embargo imposed on Makhmur Refugees Camp has been going on for ten months. Yet people repeat the same maxim they used to say: “We will not surrender to the policy of the enemy, no matter what may come.”

Iraq, Reports

A wound bleeding for 32 years: Halabja

March 15, 2020March 17, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

On 16 March 1988, 32 years ago, 5,000 Kurds, mostly women and children, were killed when deadly gas was released on the northern Iraqi town of Halabja by Saddam Hussein’s forces.

Iraq, News

Elimination of Violence Against Women: Dozens of women murdered or committed suicide in South Kurdistan

December 29, 2019January 9, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

According to South Kurdistan Organisation for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, at least 35 women were murdered in the first 9 months of 2019. 57 women committed suicide and 207 others immolated themselves. A balance sheet for the entire year is not available yet.

Iraq, Women

HRW: Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Refugees’ Movements Restricted

November 27, 2019December 2, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Security forces for Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have arbitrarily imposed restrictions on movement for most residents of Makhmour refugee camp for Turkish Kurds since mid-July 2019, Human Rights Watch said today.

Iraq, Reports

Peace Mothers of Maxmur in sit-in

September 18, 2019September 25, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp has been under embargo for 62 days since the attack on a restaurant in Hewlêr targeting Turkish consulate employees.

Iraq, Women