On the morning of 18th July, Turkish fighter jets bombed Bariske billage in the Shiladze sub-district and killed a civilian, Osman Rjdi Rekani, 32 years old.
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Turkish Armed Forces have started a new military offensive in Iraqi Kurdistan with up to 300 armoured vehicles. Turkish Armed Forces have been operating on the ground in Barwary Balla for ten days and have entered multiple villages in the region. Turkish troops have been seen walking inside the villages of Kesta, Aradna, Chalke, Babire, Ura and Sararo in the Kani Mase subdistrict.
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CPT celebrates his release after unjustly spending a total of 39 months and 26 days in prison.
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On January 28, Ebdûlqadir Husên Tale’s home was totally demolished.
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC heavily attacked multiple locations in the Erbil governorate with 13 ballistic missiles.
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CPT Iraqi Kurdistan is asking the KRG authorities to reveal the whereabouts of Kurdish-Syrian journalist Sleman Ahmad. Our team was informed that on 25 October, he was arrested at Faysh Khabur border crossing while on his way to Sulaymaniyah to return to work.
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On 17 October, Dilovan Ishlik and his relatives were targeted by a Turkish drone strike on Chnarok road in Koya. Dlovan and his relatives are from the Makhmur refugee camp and were on their way back home from visiting Dlovan’s sister in Ranya.
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On October 9, CPT-IK visited Kak Shenga in Ranya. His mother, Asty Mohammad Abdullah, was recently killed by a Turkish drone strike outside her house in Bokriskhan on September 27.
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On the evening of Saturday 7 October, a Turkish airstrike a mosque inside the Makhmour Refugee Camp, 60km south east of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Journalist Guhdar Zebary was sentenced to six more months prison time during a trial in Erbil on Sunday. CPT observed the trial and is concerned about the verdict and the handling of evidence in the pre-trial investigation.
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This morning at 10:40 am, Astay Muhammad, 55, a villager from Bokriskan, Pishdar district, was killed in a Turkish drone attack. Another person, Mirza Ibrahim, 60, was injured in the same incident.
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Last week as he was due for his release from prison, imprisoned journalist Guhdar Zebari had new, unfounded, charges brought against him.
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Since August 1st, at least 50 bombardments have occurred throughout Iraqi Kurdistan mainly occurring in high-traffic areas frequented by civilians.
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On an Iranian shelling on August 6th, 1994 in Qaladze.
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CPT-IK alongside partners and activists, visited families in Qaladze.
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Omed Barushky was kidnapped after publicly commenting on Sherwan Sherwani’s sentencing.
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CPT Iraqi Kurdistan is exceptionally concerned by political interference in the KRG judiciary system.
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CPT met with the families to help create records of this tragic incident.
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On April 4th, 2023, Arif and Ahmad were killed by a Turkish airstrike.
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