Category: Iraq

Maxmur Refugee Camp under embargo for two months

September 15, 2019September 18, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

On July 17, the South Kurdistan official of the Turkish secret service (MIT) was assassinated in a restaurant in the city of Hewler (Erbil). The security forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) then closed all ways in and out of the Maxmur Camp, which is now surrounded and under a strict embargo. While members of the democracy and freedom movement were arrested and tortured, the arrests were carried out by KDP security forces together with representatives of the Turkish intelligence service MIT.

Iraq, News, War Crimes

South Kurdistan journalists: Freedom of expression hit hard

September 10, 2019September 12, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras the Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) Middle East correspondent tells in a detailed article about the plight of colleagues in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.

Iraq, News, Turkey

70,000 people returned to Shengal

August 28, 2019September 4, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

However, according to the information received from the officials of the People’s Assembly of Shengal, some 70,000 Yazidi families have returned to their lands so far.

Iraq, Reports

IHD Central Committee for Refugees: Stop Deporting Refugees!

August 4, 2019September 4, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Thousands of people were driven into chaos abundant in unpredictability brought about conflict and war, including attacks by ISIS and the like, that broke out in Syria after 2011. The tragedies of these people who fled from death, violence, plunder, rape, hunger and misery both at home and the borders are still fresh in our memories.

Iraq, News, Turkey

Three thousand Yazidi women and children rescued from ISIS

August 3, 2019August 4, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Three thousand out of the 6,417 Yazidi women and children abducted from Shengal by ISIS have been rescued from the gangs under the lead of YPJ fighters.

Iraq, News, War Crimes, Women

Urgent Appeal: Imminent Humanitarian Crisis in the Maxmur Refugee Camp

August 1, 2019August 4, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

The Maxmur Refugee Camp, home to over 13,000 Kurdish refugees, has endured many hardships, including military assaults. Turkish military airstrikes on the camp on 6 December 2017 and 13 December 2018 killed 8 camp residents and injured others, and a new wave of attacks and pressure on the Maxmur Camp began on 19 July.

Iraq, News