On October 29th CPT met with the family of Badii Kamal, who was killed by artillery shelling on September 3rd of this year. Badii was a 29-year-old shepherd from Akwan village in the Sidakan sub-district. Jamal, Badii's uncle, told CPT, "On the day of the incident, Badii, my niece, and I were in Merga Hawsh, tending to our animals when the attack occurred, resulting in Badii's death." Jamal added, "I was taking his body to the foot of the mountain until my family arrived."
Read MoreOn July 12 of this year, an artillery shelling from a nearby Turkish base on Shakev Mountain injured him. He recounted, 'We were milking our sheep when the attack happened. My right arm was hit by shrapnel, and it went numb immediately. I wanted to escape, but I couldn't. In that attack, eight of my animals were killed, and 16 animals were injured.'
Read MoreEarlier this year, CPT met with the families of the Kandakolen Massacre. The Kandaokolen Massacre occurred on August 15th, 2000, and is the incident with the largest casualty count as a result of Turkish military operations inside Iraqi Kurdistan.
Read MoreThe last three weeks have proven to be the deadliest this year for the civilians under Turkish drone and artillery shelling in Iraqi Kurdistan, with six civilians killed and two injured. Five of those killed were in the Sulaymaniyeh province with one killed in the Erbil province, highlighting the dangers of Turkish drone strikes in the region.
Read MoreOn August 14th, CPT held a conference about its report on all civilian casualties by Turkish and Iranian military operations since 1991.
Many thanks and deep gratitude for the volunteers who helped collect the data and all who were in attendance
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreTurkish 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.
Read MoreCPT celebrates his release after unjustly spending a total of 39 months and 26 days in prison.
Read MoreOn January 28, Ebdûlqadir Husên Tale’s home was totally demolished.
Read MoreThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC heavily attacked multiple locations in the Erbil governorate with 13 ballistic missiles.
Read MoreCPT 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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreOn the evening of Saturday 7 October, a Turkish airstrike a mosque inside the Makhmour Refugee Camp, 60km south east of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Read MoreJournalist 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreLast week as he was due for his release from prison, imprisoned journalist Guhdar Zebari had new, unfounded, charges brought against him.
Read MoreSince August 1st, at least 50 bombardments have occurred throughout Iraqi Kurdistan mainly occurring in high-traffic areas frequented by civilians.
Read MoreOn an Iranian shelling on August 6th, 1994 in Qaladze.
Read MoreCPT-IK alongside partners and activists, visited families in Qaladze.
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