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UN Report: Torture in Palestine Presented as a Structural Component of Genocide
In her new report Torture and genocide, submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese argues that…
Genocide, Impunity and the Rise of Ahmed al-Sharaa
ISIS’s attacks against the Yazidi population have been legally characterised as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the…
Report: Pressure on the Kurdish language continues in Turkey
The annual report titled “Systematic Violations Against the Kurdish Language and Culture in Turkey – 2025”, prepared by Kurdish Monitoring with the…
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Armenia Joins The ICC in a Geopolitical Tightrope
Azerbaijan has gained full control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, leading to mass exodus of Armenians from the enclave. In…
Former Algerian Minister of Defense Khaled Nezzar arrested in Switzerland
Former Algerian Minister of Defense, Khaled Nezzar, is set to stand trial in Switzerland on charges of war crimes and…
On the current events in Iran and Rojhilat
The history of the Kurds indicates that betrayal and treachery has played an essential role in their domination over at…
The Law, “Othered” Asylum seekers and the UK
In an interview, Margaret Owen OBE, a barrister, international women’s human rights activist, patron of Peace in Kurdistan and founder…
Turkey’s destruction of Kurdish cemeteries
A recently published report of mine - ‘Turkey’s Destruction of Kurdish Graves’ – published by the Mesopotamia Observatory of Justice…
Persecution of human rights defenders in Turkey
Friday’s conviction of four human rights defenders of terrorism charges in Istanbul continues the pattern of prosecutions designed to restrict…