Syria for PKK: The US-Turkish deal in the region

Raber Y. Aziz: Turkish fighter planes have started to bombard northern Iraqi Kurdistan Region since Wednesday. So far, they have strike over 250 targets in the mountainous region of Qandil Mountain, Avashin, Khwakurk and Zap and other territories.

The latest Turkish strike in Sangasar sub-district, north west of Sulaimaniyah city, left at least six civilians dead who were so charred dismembered by the rocket fire that they couldn’t even be identified. Read more

KHRP condemns aerial bombardment of Northern Iraq

KHRP is concerned by the continuing aerial bombardment of the Khandil and Zap regions of Northern Iraq by the Turkish military and that began last week for the first time in over a year.  Coupled with mortar fire from Iran, these actions have reportedly resulted in the loss of civilian life.

Whilst this violation of Iraqi sovereignty, and the death and destruction which accompanies it, is to be condemned in its own right, these actions also exacerbate already difficult humanitarian and human rights challenges in the region including displacement and environmental degradation. KHRP is currently representing over 80 villagers from Northern Iraq as a result of Turkish bombardments.  It has previously reported on the creation of thousands of displaced persons within Northern Iraq as a direct result of the bombardments. Read more

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Kurds displaced by Iranian bombing

IRAN 25.07.2011 UPDATE: On 24 July in the afternoon, the Iranian army carried out cannon attack on the areas of Berbizina, the Straits of Sinine, Lolan, the villages of Birikim, Lepan and surrounding villages/Sideka/the Medya Defence Areas.     As a result of this attack 3 villagers lost their lifes and 12 villagers were wounded.

Also, in the night hours of 24 July, the Iranian army deliberately bombarded the villages of Surede, Meredo and Soregule/Qandil. As a result of this attack a fire began in the area which still continues. Read more

Iran: Villages in Kurdish area are hit by Iranian artillery

As a result of Iranian bombardments of Kurdish villages Sine and Ali Res, 5 people have been wounded, including one women, and animals and a number of houses were destroyed. People living in the surrounding areas of Dole Koke, Sehit Harun left their homes because of the  artillery fire  which directly targeted the villages in the area. Some live in tents in the area of Dole Gelwer and others who managed to escape from the area sought refuge with relatives living in nearby towns. Read more

Iran attacks continue against Kurds inside Iraq

19.07.2011 – According to various sources, the offensive attacks of the Iranian army continues within Iraqi borders. The Iranian army crossed 2km into the Iraqi border at the border area of Dole Koke/Zele early hours of 16 July and as they crossed they faced the resistance of the HRK, the armed guerrilla forces of the PJAK. The intense clashes continued until 18 July 12:00pm at night. Read more

Kurds launch a hunger strike in Ireland

Kurdish Association of Ireland launches a hunger strike in Dublin to protest against the division of Kurdistan and the oppression of Kurds by Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq.

The hunger strike will take place on Wednesday 20th July outside of European Union House, Dublin 2.

The hunger strike will mark the 88th anniversary of Lausanne Treaty signed on 24th July 1923 which officially divided Kurdistan between Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. The Treaty denied the very existence of the Kurds and exposed them to the most horrendous state terror that one nation could ever be subjected to. It rendered Kurds devoid of identity and aimed to wipe them off from the earth. Lausanne Treaty divided Kurdistan in a way that no other nation in the world has been divided; it surrounded it by its enemies from each sides! Read more

Iranian army crosses the border with Iraq to assault Kurdish guerillas

Various agencies report that on Saturday afternoon, 16 July 2011, in Iran there were intense clashes between the Iranian army and PJAK guerrillas in Sino where Iranian soldiers were killed and many more wounded, and other fighting in Serdest. Wounded Iranian soldiers have been taken to the State hospitals in Piransehir and Urmiye.

Also on 16 July at around 10:00 a.m., the Iranian Army crossed 1km inside the Iraqi border. Since then heavy clashes have continues in between the PJAK guerrillas and the Iranian army.  The Iranian army is intensively bombarding the border areas of Sehit Harun and Dola Koke/ Zele, inside Iraq Read more

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Reuters: Iran threatens to attack Iraq-based Kurdish rebels

Iran threatened Monday to take military action against the Iraq-based Kurdish rebel group PJAK, saying the head of Iraq’s Kurdistan region had handed the group land without telling the government in Baghdad.

A senior Iranian military official accused Masoud Barzani, the Kurdistan president, of “giving 300,000 hectares of land to the PJAK terrorist group without the knowledge of the central government in Baghdad,” the semi-official Fars news agency said. Read more

KHRP Wins Prestigious Gruber Prize for Justice.

Congratulations to Kurdish Human Rights Project: The U.S.-based Gruber Foundation’s International Justice Prize has been awarded to the Kurdish Human Rights Project.  As one of five recipients this year who have challenged the world’s more common forms of intolerance, KHRP is being recognised for our work in protecting the liberty and human rights of all people in the Kurdish regions, with our belief that justice should be available for all reflected in the Gruber Foundation’s awarding of the prize to recipients who pursue justice as a universal concept. Read more

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