While Turkey continues strengthening its military bases in Iraqi Kurdistan by building solid infrastructure, transporting heavy weaponry and more military personnel, the country also claims
Community Peacemaker Teams Iraqi Kurdistan (CPT-IK) won the prestigious Human Rights Tulip annual award, presented by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague,
Earlier last month, an independent journalist was attacked by military forces in Iraqi Kurdistan, most likely due to work surrounding his journalism. Speaking out against
At the Turkish military base, the drone operator locks in on Akam’s car and presses the fire button.
The trauma of the skies is a common expression used by people in living areas routinely surveilled by drones.
Since the 1980s, Turkey and Iran have conducted military operations in northern Iraq, purportedly targeting various armed non-state opposition Kurdish groups, such as the Kurdistan
As a result of yet another new military offensive, villages in the Amedi region of Iraqi Kurdistan are suffering the effects of continued bombardments, shelling and military presence inside the villages
Community Peacemaker Teams is highly concerned about this escalation of Turkish military operations and its harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure. CPT fears that if the operations continue, hundreds of families will be displaced.
Turkish Armed Forces have started a new military offensive in Iraqi Kurdistan with up to 300 military tanks, operating on the ground in Barbary Balla for ten days and have entered multiple villages in the region.
An amendment to a Ba’athist era law that sentenced many Kurdish people to death, Law 21 in Iraqi Kurdistan still persecutes journalists and activists, sentencing them to imprisonment