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Kurdish people celebrate Newroz on a mountainside

The spirit of Newroz

As we reflect on the recent celebration of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year – a symbol of spring and renewal – we remember the vibrant

A man speaking

The kin of the mountains

In the Kurdish borderlands, Mam Qadir tells CPT Iraqi Kurdistan about the loss of his daughter and his family home.

A woman holding flowers

Hunger strike over wages in Iraqi Kurdistan

Teachers and government employees began this month with a hunger strike outside of the UN office in Sulemani. They were demanding that the government pay

A CPTer receives an award

As we say in Kurdish, “Resistance is life”

On Tuesday 18 February, CPT Iraqi Kurdistan attended a ceremony in Baghdad to celebrate the recent award of the Dutch government’s Human Rights Tulip prize. CPTer Kamaran Othman’s acceptance speech explained what the award meant for the team’s work.

People hold up signs at a protest

Silencing protest

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