May the Newroz fire bring peace
CPT Iraqi Kurdistan
March 27, 2024
This Kurdish New Year, we pray for peace, healing and justice for Palestine
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This Kurdish New Year, we pray for peace, healing and justice for Palestine
Iran has carried out several executions of political prisoners in the last few weeks in an act to suppress minority groups. In 2023 alone, at least 834 people were executed in Iran for their political beliefs.
Oftentimes, we come across stories that have gone unheard for decades. People only ask for their voices to be heard.
Who are the teachers and guides in your life that reflect the mirror of your heart?
In 2004, Turkish bombs killed Sharmin’s cousins, causing her family to flee the village. In 2022, when Sharmin visited relatives in the mountains, Turkish bombardment shrapnel injured Sharmin and traumatised her and her children.
CPT Iraqi Kurdistan is embarking on a project to document the civilian impact of Turkish and Iranian cross-border bombings in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1990
Report released by CPT and End Cross Border Bombing Coalition Partners finds 2022 the deadliest year since 2015 for civilians in Northern Iraq under Turkish military bombardments.
Sherwan Sherwani was convicted of forgery and falsification of documents in his most recent trial just months before his scheduled release.
Sherwan Sherwani was due to be released in two months after serving three years in jail for his journalistic reporting
On 13 January, two teenagers were on Chiadel Mountain minding a herd of goats when Turkish artillery shelling exploded in front of them.