CPT Iraqi Kurdistan, Author at Community Peacemaker Teams

CPT member Kamaran Osman sits on a chair to the left, wearing a red CPT vest, and looking over at Kak Bapir and Aisha Khan sitting on a couch. There are small tables in front of them with tea.

Peacemaking around the dinner table

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan May 12, 2023

Lessons from a Kurdish Peacemaker

Andy Paine, Kamaran Osman, Eyaz Karam, Rebekah Dowling stand outside the CPT office, posing for the picture. There is greenery all around them.

KRG summons journalist to testify in Sherwani case

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan May 3, 2023

Kurdish journalist Eyaz Karem remains under threat even after serving time in prison. The recent court summons to testify in Sherwan Sherwani’s case may be a ploy to further persecute him.

Two killed, thousands at risk from Turkish bombardments

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan April 18, 2023

Turkish Armed Forces have conducted at least 11 bombardments, some up to 200 kilometres inside Iraqi Kurdistan territory

Fardin and his family sit on the carpeted floor with a bowl of fruit on the table in front of them and a tv and heated fan behind them,

Iranian refugee family struggles to settle in Iraqi Kurdistan

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan March 22, 2023

Even after ten years of living in Sulaimani, Fardin and his family were forced by security police to flee to Erbil, unable to find stability as refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan

a graphic image of a woman, with a red bloodstain on her eye, and the bottom half of the image is red, with a wilting green rose. The text to the left reads, "Stop gender violence."

Women activists increasingly targeted in Iraqi Kurdistan

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan February 1, 2023

Taking a stand for LGBTQ+ and women’s rights comes with a price in Iraqi Kurdistan

Delegation of families and the End Cross Border Bombing coalition in front of Iraqi parliament

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

CPT met with family members at the camp in Koya on 12 October. Several women sit on the floor holding children, a CPT member sits to the right wearing a red vest.

War is war on children!

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan November 8, 2022

On 28 September, Iran bombed an Iranian refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan six times over a span of five hours.

Zhina wears a scarf loosly over her hair and a dark blouse, and looks out towards the left. The text overlay reads "Women Life Freedom" in English and Kurdish.

Kurdish woman’s death sparks protests in Iran

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan September 28, 2022

Protests continue across Iran in solidarity with the death of Mahssa Zhina Amini at the hands of Iranian morality police

Women sit around a grave with the grave stone in the foreground

New report reveals civilian victims of Turkey’s cross-border attacks in Iraq Kurdistan

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan August 24, 2022

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

Civilian Casualties of Turkish Military Operations in Northern Iraq (2015 – 2021)

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan August 24, 2022

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.

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan

Building Partnerships to Transform Violence and Oppression