Hope on the Horizon
CPT Iraqi Kurdistan
December 21, 2022
We are grateful for the justice that has been promised to the victims of bombardments and we pray for and end to cross-border bombings in Kurdistan
We are grateful for the justice that has been promised to the victims of bombardments and we pray for and end to cross-border bombings in Kurdistan
On 28 September, Iran bombed an Iranian refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan six times over a span of five hours.
Protests continue across Iran in solidarity with the death of Mahssa Zhina Amini at the hands of Iranian morality police
On 19 July 2022 an attack was recorded in the village of Parakhe, near Zakho (Duhok province). The attack saw 9 civilians killed and 24
Research by the international civil society coalition End Cross Border Bombing Campaign (ECBBC), lays out for the first time and in meticulous detail the civilian impact of an often underreported aggression.
Pray for people of Parakhe, the families of the nine who were killed and the twenty six who were injured in the Turkish bombardments.
CPT has documented the arrest of 34 journalists and media staff in Iraqi Kurdistan between 1-7 August 2022.
Pray for three families whose two children were recently killed and another one wounded due to the ongoing bombardments by the Turkish state in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Community Peacemaker Teams – Iraqi Kurdistan and its partners denounce the killing of children, wounding of farmers and targeting of villages by Turkish Forces in northern Iraq under the auspices of ‘Claw-Lock’ operation
Please pray for the prompt release of Mahmood Naji, Amjad Yusuf, Kovan Tariq, Yousuf Sharif and Nechir Badi so that they can return safely home.